“The whole aspiration value about the NRI (non-resident Indian) movie is no longer there,” said film critic Baradwaj Rangan. In August, Bareilly Ki Barfi, a romantic comedy set in small-town India, finished with Rs30.93 crore. In the next one month alone, at least three films centered on local issues and with explicitly Indian roots are set for release. They are our first audience and they are all based in Mumbai and live a life that half the country is alien to,” said Singh. But somehow in the last 10-15 years, our filmmakers had forgotten about them.”All figures from film website Bollywood Hungama

Source: Mint September 08, 2017 18:33 UTC