Being from the Malayalam film industry, what do you learn from Bollywood?
Nothing at all, because there is no difference. If at all there is any difference, it is the audience and its different tastes. Even today, you can make a slow-paced film that will be huge in Malayalam, which is not possible in Hindi because the life is very fast here. Here, they don’t have the patience to sit and analyse something. I am talking about the masses, not the elite. So, I have also decided that, in future, whatever I make will be for a mass audience. With no big stars, will this hamper results at the box office? Please don’t say that. I want the film to work without a big star. If it doesn’t, I will go back to my old style and make movies with bigger stars. Why do you think Kyon Ki didn’t do well? I always wonder how the audience decides. They have a sixth sense. My producer was surprised to see a huge opening for Hungama, so I am not sure why Kyon Ki flopped. Even big movies like Paheli flop. Salman trusted me a lot. He acted and performed extremely well. The only person w
