Dibakar Banerjee says he’s being ‘edged out’ by commercialisation of Bollywood: ‘You sort of disappear’

This displacement has led to a monopolisation of the industry, wherever large studios and distributors dictate the terms. “All kinds of relationships with the multiplexes, with the large studios, the distributors and determine however overmuch time, successful the multiplexes, a movie would be, ground of its prima power, ground its perceived value.” This, successful turn, affects selling strategies and the wide viability of smaller, autarkic films.

Banerjee shared his idiosyncratic struggles with the system. “These are the benignant of problems that I person ever faced. What has happened is, aft the sidesplitting of the azygous screens, and (building) the multiplex and the (Rs) 100 crore budgets and highly inflated prima fees which measurement down a movie successful specified a mode that for it to marque money, it has to truly spell for an each oregon thing approach.”

He believes the existent scenery stifles diverseness and creativity successful mainstream cinema. “It is not truly a spot wherever assortment tin exist. It is simply a spot wherever you person to propulsion successful a batch of superior and hog everything other and not fto thing other past due to the fact that the wealth you springiness that leeway, you volition benignant of disappear.”

Banerjee’s experiences with his movie LSD exemplify the challenges faced by innovative storytellers. “So, if you are doing thing perfectly caller with nary known faces… past you person to, thing we’ll person to give. So you cognize you are going to beryllium edged out.”