Veteran director Rakesh Roshan remark on South Indian cinema not experimenting sparks debate

Veteran Bollywood director Rakesh Roshan has courted controversy for his recent remarks on South Indian films. The director in an interview with Zoom (Times Now) remarked that South Indian films were successful because the filmmakers were sticking to age-old formula and not trying anything new. In the interview, Roshan remarked that Bollywood, on the contrary, was experimenting, which is why some of the latest Bollywood films were not doing good business at the box office.

However, Reddit users soon slammed the director's remarks and said the filmmaker was not following anything beyond popular cinema, which is why, he made such an ill-informed opinion. Others quickly listed out a number of Sotuh Indian movies, which had actually succeeded, despite thinking out of the box.

"South films are very grounded, they are carrying on pertinently, with old-school format of song-action-dialogue-emotions. They are not progressing. Technically, they are but storytelling wise, they are doing the same fomulas that work. They are successful because they are not breaking any path," he said. The documentary series on the successful Roshan Family will start streaming on Netflix from January 17.