Anurag Basu says Hindi movie trade is ‘as younger as’ Korea’s: ‘Our movies are solely seen by Indians’ | Bollywood

Feb 03, 2025 08:01 AM IST
Anurag Basu mentioned that Hindi movies are watched solely by Indians and “very handful of people who find themselves enthusiastic about cinema”.
Filmmaker Anurag Basu has in contrast the Hindi movie trade to the Korean movie trade, calling each of them ‘younger’. Talking with information company ANI, Anurag mentioned that Indian movies are solely seen by us, whereas Korean movies “have a worldwide viewers.” The filmmaker additionally gave an replace about his movie Aashiqui 3. (Additionally Learn | Triptii Dimri dropped from Aashiqui 3 attributable to demand for ‘harmless, pure face’? Anurag Basu breaks silence)
What Anurag Basu mentioned about Hindi movie trade
Talking with ANI, Anurag mentioned, “I believe world cinema is noticing our movies. However I believe now we have an extended option to go as a result of mainstream cinema nonetheless caters to the Indian diaspora and Indian viewers. We nonetheless are far behind in getting a worldwide viewers. We solely get an Indian viewers globally. I believe it’s a lengthy option to go.”
Anurag says Hindi movie trade is ‘younger’ like that of Korea
“We solely cater to the Indian viewers. We’re as younger because the Korean Movie Business. However they’ve a worldwide viewers. Folks see their films, we see their films. Our films are solely seen by Indians. And really handful of people who find themselves enthusiastic about cinema. We do not cater globally. We solely care about Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weekend, 100 crore, 500 crore, bas vahi tak (until right here solely),” he added.
Regardless of incomes important approval for movies like All We Think about As Gentle and Anuja on international platforms, Anurag believes that mainstream Indian cinema caters primarily to the Indian diaspora and viewers.
About Aashiqui 3
Anurag additionally shared an replace on the making of Kartik Aaryan-starrer Aashiqui 3. He mentioned that his crew hasn’t “began capturing but. We’ll begin the shoot subsequent month”. He’s at the moment busy within the pre-production of Aashiqui 3.
About Anurag’s upcoming movies
Other than this, Anurag can also be helming the sequel of his movie Life in a Metro which is titled Metro In Dino. The anthology movie stars Aditya Roy Kapur alongside Sara Ali Khan, Ali Fazal, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Pankaj Tripathi, and Konkona Sen Sharma in lead roles. Anurag is understood for his movies similar to Barfi, Life In a Metro, Ludo and Jagga Jasoos.

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