Vivek Agnihotri recently spoke about the success of Pathaan on The Carvaka
Podcast. While he credited Shah Rukh Khan for the success of Pathaan, The
Kashmir Files director added that after the success of the film, “they will
go back to their fundamental beliefs that audience is an idiot and you just
need star power and lot of marketing hype to make a film successful.” By
they, he presumably meant the popular mainstream filmmakers of Hindi cinema.Vivek said that since the Hindi film industry was struggling for a hit in
the months prior to Pathaan, they were looking for rooted content-based
films but after Pathaan, everything has changed. “After Pathaan, I have a
feeling that everybody will fall back to the same old system because
Pathaan’s success is the success or in today’s environment I would choose
the word victory. It’s the victory of the age-old, exploitative, nepotistic
top-heavy system.
Podcast. While he credited Shah Rukh Khan for the success of Pathaan, The
Kashmir Files director added that after the success of the film, “they will
go back to their fundamental beliefs that audience is an idiot and you just
need star power and lot of marketing hype to make a film successful.” By
they, he presumably meant the popular mainstream filmmakers of Hindi cinema.Vivek said that since the Hindi film industry was struggling for a hit in
the months prior to Pathaan, they were looking for rooted content-based
films but after Pathaan, everything has changed. “After Pathaan, I have a
feeling that everybody will fall back to the same old system because
Pathaan’s success is the success or in today’s environment I would choose
the word victory. It’s the victory of the age-old, exploitative, nepotistic
top-heavy system.
