Rohit Shetty said the growing popularity of South Indian films throughout India should not be seen as the end of Bollywood. The filmmaker said the cinemas in northern and southern India could do well, as there was no competition between the two. Rohit, while attending a promotional event in Mumbai with actor Ranveer Singh, spoke about the impact of South African films on Bollywood.
Actor Akshay Kumar and filmmaker Karan Johar, among others, have also been involved in the ongoing debate over northern and southern films. Many non-Hindi films performed well throughout India by 2022. These include KGF Chapter 2, RRR and Pushpa The Rise.
The practice of ‘Bollywood khatam’ (Bollywood is over) will never happen again. In the 80s, when VCRs came to the fore, people said the theater would end, and Bollywood would end. -OTT., Many people say Bollywood is over. So… Bollywood kabhikhatamnahihoga (Bollywood will never end), “a DNA report quoted Rohit as saying.
Rohit also claimed that South African films have been made in Hindi since the 1960s. “If you look at history, you will learn that the south has existed since the 60s and 50s. Shashi Kapoor’s song PyaarKiyeJaa was re-enacted by the southern film. In the 80s, when Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Khanna were in high school, a young boy entered the world of cinema, Kamal Haasan Mr. and EkDujeKeLiye, and it was a hit song, “said the filmmaker.
Rohit also spoke of the ‘heroic heroes’ of the ’80s and’ 90s, Sridevi and Jaya Prada, who starred in southern Indian films before making their first film in Hindi films. He also highlighted the contribution made by South African creators to the Hindi film industry.
Rohit Shetty is recording his upcoming series titled Indian Police Force, starring actor Sidharth Malhotra. Rohit and Ranveer also work for Circus, scheduled for the release of the theater in December 2022.
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