They Are Not Aping Hollywood

Actor
Anupam
Kher
won
several
hearts
when
he
appeared
in
Vivek
Agnihotri’s

The
Kashmir
Files.
The
film
not
only
touched
millions
of
hearts,
but
also
brought
a
revolution
in
Indian
cinema.
Recently,
Anupam
starred
in

Karthikeya
2,
a
Telugu
mystery
adventure
film,
which
is
the
sequel
to
the
2014
film

Karthikeya.

In
his
recent
tete-a-tete
with
a
leading
daily,
when
Anupam
was
asked
to
comment
on
the
rising
popularity
of
south
cinema,
he
said
that
they
are
not
trying
to
ape
Hollywood
and
that’s
what
makes
them
different.

He
told
Times
Of
India,
“You
make
things
for
consumers.
(Problem
starts)
the
day
you
start
looking
down
on
consumers,
that,
‘we’re
doing
you
a
favour
by
making
a
great
film.
Now
you
are
watching
a
great
film.’
Greatness
is
achieved
by
a
collective
effort
and
that
I
have
learnt
by
doing
films
in
Telugu…I
just
did
another
film
in
Telugu,
I
did
a
film
in
the
Tamil
language,
I’m
going
to
do
a
Malayalam
film.”

He
further
said,
“I
think
over
there,
I’m
not
differentiating
between
the
two,
but
I
think
(their)
cinema
is
relevant
because
they
are
not
aping
Hollywood.
They
are
telling
stories,
over
here
we
are
selling
stars.”

On
a
related
note,

Karthikeya
2
has
left
Aamir
Khan-starrer

Laal
Singh
Chaddha
behind
at
the
box
office.
Owing
to
receiving
positive
response
from
the
audience,
the
film
has
set
the
box
office
on
fire
and
started
a
debate
on
social
media
about
how
south
cinema
is
surprising
audience
with
out-of-the-box
scripts.