Actor-Singer Piyush Mishra has a sensible reason why Bollywood is earning lower than South Indian films nowadays.
Piyush Mishra’s statement
Actor-Singer Piyush Mishra speaking about why Bollywood is earning lower than South Indian films, said, “Directors of South Indian film industries are more intelligent, have more IQ and are more innovative than us (Bollywood directors). It is our foolishness that we are working on the same formula forever”.
“Films from South India like Pushpa are typical of their genre with lots of action, violence, and flashy sequences but it is presented to the audience in a new way. I also worked in a South Indian film named Indian 2 with Shankar recently. In my first experience working with him, I realized how innovative he was. He presents the same concept in a variety of ways and represents the culture better,” the Gangs of Wasseypur actor added.
‘South Indians have old culture’
The 59-year-old actor also noted that South Indian languages like Tamil and Malayalam are ‘very old languages’ and parts of ‘very old cultures’, which is why the filmmakers there ‘research very well’ on the ‘detailing of their films’.
On being asked whether films that can affect people’s lives deeply are still being made, Piyush told ANI, “No such films are being made in North India”.
Nevertheless, Mishra did mention director Rajkumar Hirani and his film 3 Idiots as one of the exceptions. He also had a firm opinion against Parallel cinema. “Commercial films mean art made for commerce. Hence, parallel films don’t exist. Unless your films are entertaining a large mass of people, they cannot be called cinema and South Indian filmmakers know this,” he told ANI.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Mishra, who is also a singer, is set to perform in Raipur as part of his Aarambh Hai Prachand concert series with a big band.
He is also writing a book titled Tumhaari Aukaat Kya Hai Piyush Mishra (What’s your status Piyush Mishra?) which is an autobiographical novel set to come out on January 13, 2023.
