Karan Johar talks about one mentality prevailing in Bollywood

The filmmaker discusses the issue of ‘herd mentality’ in the Bollywood industry.

In a recent interview with Bollywood Hungama, filmmaker Karan Johar spoke at length about Bollywood, people in the industry and the like. He reflected on the current crisis that he believes Bollywood needs to address, speaking about a particular mentality prevailing in the industry.

Karan Johar highlights the biggest issue in Bollywood.

Karan was asked about the biggest issue in Bollywood today, and the filmmaker highlighted the ‘herd mentality.’ He said, “I think it is everybody grappling to do what others are doing. We see Pushpa running and catering so strongly to the tier-2 and tier-3 audiences, and suddenly, we will see 20 others wanting to do the same. You see Chhaava working, everybody would want to make historicals. Stree and everybody wants to make horror comedies. Those worked because they were individually strong, and there was no other option in that genre. It was a unique thought that made those films work.”

“I am here to tell stories.”

He added, “We all need to have individual thoughts that are unique to ourselves. Someone asked me the other day, ‘Do you have a universe?’ I was like, ‘As in?’ They were like, ‘A spy universe or a cop universe.’ I was like, ‘My universe is cinema itself.’ I am not here to build universes; I am here to tell stories. In that story, if there’s a universe, then why not?”

Karan Johar recently had made an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of his film Homebound, backed by his banner Dharma Productions. It is directed by Neeraj Ghaywan and stars Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa and Janhvi Kapoor.