Actor-filmmaker Sunny Deol says the entire dynamics and economics of filmmaking has failed, and he sees a lot of corporatisation in films today. Talking about his marketing skills, he said, \u201cYou know very well how bad I am at selling myself. If I knew how to do that, I would. But I don\u2019t! To me, cinema is my passion. I inherited this passion from my father (actor Dharmendra). Even if I am not seen that often on screen, I am thinking, breathing and exhaling cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was last seen on the big screen in Ghayal Once Again in 2016, a sequel to his 1990 blockbuster Ghayal. Sunny directed the sequel and it failed.<\/p>\n
Sunny said, \u201cI did what I could, given the limitations. The entire dynamics and economics of filmmaking has failed. I see a lot of corporatisation, but very little genuine passion in the films today. I hardly watch any of the films being made these days. I don\u2019t have the time. Even when I was younger, I was not much of a movie watcher. When I have time, I watch south Indian films. I find them very strong in content.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among recent films, he watched Baahubali. \u201cThe first part, not the second. I remember coming out of it with tears in my eyes and hope in my heart. I felt the film was not up to the mark in special effects. But it scored very high in emotion and drama. This is what we must focus on in our cinema,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Sunny will be seen next week in the quirky comedy Poster Boys with which actor Shreyas Talpade turns director. \u201cWhat attracted me to this project? That my brother Bobs (Bobby Deol) was in it was an incentive, yes. That it was already a hit in Marathi… no. That didn\u2019t mean anything to me. But when I heard the idea, I instantly warmed up to it and agreed to do it. Not too many scripts these days make us smile. Poster Boys made me smile.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though identified strongly with the action genre, Sunny likes doing comedy. \u201cI do it whenever I can. I enjoy doing comedy, though I can never dream of possessing my father\u2019s sense of comic timing.\u201d<\/p>\n
He is also a shy father. Sunny\u2019s son Karan is all set to be launched in a film titled Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas. The title is taken from an immortal melody in Dharmendra\u2019s film Blackmail. Sunny is reluctant to talk about his son\u2019s launch. \u201cLet it first be made. Right now it\u2019s too early.\u201d \u201cBut yes, like all fathers I want the very best for my son. This is why I decided to direct the film myself. I am in no hurry to complete it. We\u2019ve not decided on a release date. We will release the film whenever we feel the film is ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
Why do we see so little of Sunny on screen? \u201cIt\u2019s not as if I am unwilling to do films at this stage of my career. I can\u2019t answer why I am not being seen more often.\u201d<\/p>\n
He laments the paucity of movie theatres in India. \u201cWe have graduated from single theatres to multiplexes. But we still don\u2019t have enough theatres for all films. The smaller films don\u2019t even get noticed properly, no matter how deserving they are of attention. Hopefully, \u2018Poster Boys\u2019 will get good theatres and timing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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