The recent statement made by Director Shekhar Kapur on the theatres has shocked everyone. It has become a matter of concern for all directors and producers of the film.
There is no doubt that soon after the corona pandemic started it spread a lot of havoc everywhere. Many people have lost their lives and many have fallen prey to it. Lockdown of more than three months due to Coronavirus has greatly affected the working culture of the people. Where some were quite disturbed with their business. Many lost their jobs. Among all this, the film industry was worst affected. The theatres were closed and the shootings of the many serials and films stopped. However, the Maharashtra Government has given orders to start shooting, following some rules and precautions.
Meanwhile, a tweet by filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has surfaced. That worried all the makers and the directors. He recently shared a post predicting what the future holds for the theatres. Shekhar Kapur wrote on his Twitter account, ‘Theaters are yet to open for at least a year. Therefore, Hype doing business of more than 100 crores will be now dead. He added that the theatrical Star System is dead. Stars will have to go to the existing OTT platform or stream films themselves through their own apps.
This news has worried all the filmmakers, but Shekhar focusing on this matter said. People should not be concerned about the platform that the film is using to reach out to the people, instead, people should be more focused on the content.
Let us tell you that while ago Shekhar was in the news for his statements on social media about Sushant Singh Rajput. He was in the headlines for keeping his views over Sushant’s matter. He gave his statement to the Bandra police through an e-mail in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput’s case as he was not present in Mumbai.
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