In this special feature, Bollywood Hungama lists 8 trends that we are fed up with and would not like to see again in 2025. 1. Corporate booking, self-buying tickets At one point, it was easy for makers to buy tickets of their own films and put a ‘House Full’ board outside the theatre.
; not many would know the truth. But in today’s BookMyShow era, it is easy for a layman to expose the makers. The makers, instead of booking a certain number of tickets in every show, prefer to buy all tickets of a single show.
Hence, eyebrows and questions are bound to be raised when a 4:00 pm is ‘sold out’ while the 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm shows of the same film are running with 5% occupancy. 2. Niche films made at high costs and bombing at the box office One should have the right to make niche films if it suits their sensibilities and interest levels.
But to spend a bomb into making them is just not done, especially at a time when the industry is struggling to reduce losses and also at a time when such films don’t attract the same audience as before. 3. Hypocrisy of the so-called intellectuals It’s common to see certain people, who claim to be intelligentsia, ranting on the internet about how certain films, which are not too mainstream, flop in the cinemas.
They are also angry at mainstream films, which they consider trash, earning big bucks. Dig deeper and one realizes that most of these people themselves don’t watch these niche and unconventional films in cinemas. But they expect.
