Anees Bazmee says that people might not have money to watch movies in theaters for entertainment

This hasn’t been a good year for everyone in the world around, as the death rates have increased and there is an economic crisis as well for all the nations. Talking about India, the government has announced to reopen the theatres and cinema halls in the country almost after seven months. And now the filmmakers are rescheduling their film release plans. They have although decided to release their films on big screens, but uncertain if people will have money for tickets to watch their films.  Well, famous  director Anees Bazmee, feels that because of the economic crisis prevailing in the country, which has diminished the purchasing power of the people.

“It is a nice that theatres have reopened. I mean if everything in the country has resumed so why isolate cinemas? But I am still too not sure what will be the outcome, whether people will want to go to theatres, because logon ke paas paisa nahi hai shayad. If people have money they would first get their basic necessities rather than spending on a movie ticket,”shares Bazmee on his social media account.

The No Entry director feels that although he admits that entertainment is important for people, he also admits that he does not know how people will respond to watching movie in a cinema hall. Will they have the money in their pocket for entertainment? He says, “Of course people love to be entertained and take their mind off from what’s happening. Watching a film is a community experience and uska maza hi kuchh aur hota hai. That is the magic. I am very optimistic that it will come back to normal one day. But logon ki jeb mein kya paisa hai entertainment ke liye? Woh ek sochne wali baat hai”.

OTTs have been prominent at the times cinemas were shut. The director welcomes this move and wishes to experiment with it in some time in near future. “OTTs zabardast jagah hai. Theatrical is a different experience and so is OTT. I also want to do something on OTT very soon. But having said that the big screen impact cannot be replace,” he says.

The filmmaker is looking forward to resume shoot of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 which stars Kartik Aaryan.