Actor Varun Dhawan says believes there has been a decline in the number of big-scale Hindi commercial films as Bollywood is largely influenced by western cinema.
Dhawan, who has starred in mainstream entertainers such as Main Tera Hero, Dishoom and Judwaa 2, said the film industry is in a transition phase during the pandemic where everyone is unsure about the kind of films that will work at the box office.
We have stopped making big-scale, masala family entertainers because we are too influenced by the West… To begin with, no one knows what type of films will work. From the biggest producers to trade people, no one does and still every week we will come out and give gyaan (knowledge) that this works, that works, Dhawan told.
The Raj Mehta-directed comedy has raised more than Rs 60 crore at the domestic box office and Rs 100 crore worldwide since its release on June 24.
Dhawan said the production house and his Jugjugg Jeeyo co-stars Anil Kapoor and Kiara Advani have been always associated with family entertainers as they too believe in the genre.
Dharma believes in family entertainers, Karan Johar believes in this genre, he has always done it. I believe in this genre, I have always done these films… My career is based on it. Anil Kapoor and Kiara also believe in it. It is not like we are doing it for (the sake of it).
Post Jugjugg Jeeyo the 35-year-old actor has two films lined up filmmaker Amar Kaushik’s monster comedy Bhediya and Nitesh Tiwari’s love story Bawaal.
