Bollywood has had a tough couple of years with 2022, in particular, being a harsh one for the industry. Several highly anticipated movies of top A-list stars Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chadha, Hrithik Roshan’s Vikram Vedha, Akshay Kumar’s Samrat Prithviraj and Raksha Bandhan all failed to create an impact and failed miserably. Director Rohit Shetty took strong objection to this bad phase being projected as Bollywood’s overall failure.
Barring Brahmastra, Kashmir Files, Bhool Bhulaiyya 2, and Drushyam 2, none of the hyped releases managed to create a box office storm. Rohit Shetty, who is known for making commercial blockbusters was asked a question about this poor run of Bollywood in comparison to southern industries’ terrific run this year.
Rohit Shetty was quick to point out that Bollywood has been known to churn out one blockbuster after another since the 1970s. He listed out Deewar, Don, Hum Aaapke Hai Kaun, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge, Singham, Suryavanshi, Amar Akbar Anthony among several others.
Rohit Shetty said that it was Bollywood that set the template of commercial movies in India and 1 or 2 poor years can’t judge Bollywood’s credibility.
In comparison to Bollywood’s poor run, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam industries gave several blockbusters this year. RRR, KGF2, Vikram, Kantara, Karthikeya 2, and Ponniyin Selvan were just some movies among several others that created a tsunami of collections.