Bollywood movies not doing well at the box office this year is just a phase and one should focus on films that have been successful, says filmmaker Rohit Shetty as he hopes his much-awaited Singham Again makes viewers happy. Other than small and mid-budget movies like Kiran Rao-directed Laapataa Ladies, Dinesh Vijan's home production, Munjya, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Tabu-starrer Crew, Ajay Devgn's Shaitaan, and Rajkummar Rao's Srikanth, the first half of the year has been dismal for the Hindi film industry with the failure of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Maidaan, and Yodha. But Shetty , known for making big budget, star-studded blockbusters, is not worried.
“It's a phase which comes every five to six years, where a year or two goes bad business-wise. Like, we have had Pathaan, Jawan, Gadar 2, and Oh My God 2, so it's like missing time syndrome. So, we focus on that, we don't look at films that did well," the filmmaker told PTI in an interview.
"For instance, Gadar 2, it's not like they did business of Rs 100 or Rs 200 crore, it did Rs 500-600 crore plus business. We need to focus on the good part. It happens, you've phases.
It's a cycle.” Following the commercial success of films like Pathaan, Jawan, and Gadar 2 last year, many thought action genre was going to be the flavour of the season but Shetty said such assumptions are wrong. “We come to a conclusion very soon that only action will work or comedy will not work.
Films have to be taken individually, irrespective of the .