"Stars Are So Dumb": Vivek Agnihotri Once Again Lambasts Bollywood
Vivek Agnihotri has said that Bollywood films are "dumb" because of their stars.
'The Kashmir Files' director Vivek Agnihotri has once again lambasted Bollywood and its stars. The director has said that Bollywood movies appear "dumb" due to the actors in them. He also spoke about how these "dumb" stars impacted his career negatively, causing him to contemplate a mental retirement from the industry.
Speaking on The Unscripted Podcast, Agnihotri said: "I am not saying it arrogantly, but rather I am telling the truth. I started feeling that the stars I work with, are not educated and have no idea about the world. I am far more intelligent than them and my worldview is definitely better than theirs. So, their dumbness was pulling me down. They are so dumb that they pull you down with them.”
“Why is Indian cinema so dumb? Bollywood films are dumb because of their stars. The stars are so dumb that they make every director and writer become dumb. They assume the audience is very dumb. As a writer and director, my film’s worth is equal to the star of the film. The film is never known because of me, the film is always known because of the dumb actor. So I resigned mentally from Bollywood," he added.
Vivek Agnihotri also spoke about how Bollywood keeps giving audiences the same kind of movies, only spicing them up with more masala.
“The audience is very intelligent, if you provide them with intelligent material, they will consume it. For example, there is a bookstore, they sell playboy and they also sell Bhagavad Gita. The Gita sales are lower when compared to Playboy. So I came out of this whole idea of selling and I totally reinvented myself," said Agnihotri, as reported by The Indian Express.
Vivek Agnihotri's next movie 'The Vaccine War' is slated to release in theatres on September 28, and it will be clashing against Prabhas' 'Salaar'.
As per several reports, Vivek Agnihotri's next project is based on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
