Pankaj Tripathi On The Changing Landscape Of Hindi Cinema: I Am Worried…

Recently,
in
a
conversation
with
Connect
FM
Canada,
Kaagaz
star
Pankaj
Tripathi
shared
his
views
on
the
changing
landscape
of
Hindi
cinema,
the
boycott
campaigns,
the
rise
of
the
OTT
space,
and
the
success
of
South
Indian
movies.

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Regarding
Hindi
cinema,
Tripathi
said
that
he
wasn’t
an
expert
on
the
matter
and
confessed
to
not
watching
much
Hindi
content.
He
said
that
he
has
very
different
taste
in
cinema
and
prefers
to
watch
films
like

Tithi
and

Court.

Talking
about
the
OTT
space,
Pankaj
explained
that
before
the
pandemic,
people
didn’t
have
a
lot
of
options
when
it
came
to
watching
movies.
Small
films
didn’t
get
a
release
in
theatres.
He
said,
“During
the
pandemic,
people
were
exposed
to
stories
around
the
world
on
streaming
platforms.
Their
tastes
changed
and
they
began
asking,
‘What
are
you
showing
us?’ Now,
even
if
small
films
don’t
get
a
theatrical
release,
they
can
be
found
online.”

Pankaj’s
opinion
differed
when
it
came
to
the
success
of
South
Indian
movies.
He
cited
a
report
he
read
recently
and
said
that
only
a
few
South
Indian
films
were
hit,
the
rest
flopped.
However,
he
said
that
he
was
more
concerned
about
Hindi
cinema
than
the
South
film
industry.
He
said,
“I
am
worried
about
the
kind
of
content
that
is
being
made
in
mainstream
Hindi
cinema.”

Tripathi
acknowledged
the
writers
of
Bollywood
and
demanded
that
writers
should
be
given
more
respect
and
money.
“People
confuse
a
well-written
role
for
a
well-performed
role.
Back
in
the
day,
writers
like
Salim
Khan
and
Javed
Akhtar
were
household
names.
These
days,
nobody
knows
the
names
of
writers.” he
concluded.

From
an
uncredited
role
in

Run
to
his
breakthrough
in

Gangs
of
Wasseypur,
followed
by
critically
acclaimed
performances
in
movies
like

Newton
and

Masaan,
Pankaj
Tripathi
made
a
long
journey
in
establishing
himself
as
a
bankable
star
in
Bollywood.
He
even
consolidated
himself
as
a
heavy
hitter
in
the
OTT
space
with
performances
in
web
series
like

Mirzapur
and

Sacred
Games
and
movies
like

Ludo,
Kaagaz,
and

Mimi.

Tripathi
was
last
seen
in
the
Netflix
movie

Sherdil:
The
Pilibhit
Saga.
He
is
currently
filming
for

OMG
2-
Oh
My
God!
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