Varun Dhawan: ‘Even the South industries have given 7 to 8 major flops’
Varun Dhawan recently spoke up about the Bollywood vs South debate and pointed out that, 7-to 8 Bollywood biggies failed to attract the audience into theatres.
Big actors, well-known directors, and large budgets do not ensure a film’s success, as seen by a run of disasters in the Bollywood and South cinema industries. The box office success of RRR, KGF 2, and Pushpa: The Rise came at a period when 7-to 8 Bollywood blockbusters were struggling to find an audience. Varun Dhawan, who is now promoting JugJugg Jeeyo, responded by saying that 7-8 south films have also tanked in the last several years.
Varun Dhawan spoke to Bollywood Hungama about the same and said, “Even the South industries have given 7 to 8 major flops. And that also happened because nothing was released for almost 2 years. A lot of content that the producers held on to seemed outdated to the audiences. So, I feel that if a good film comes, it will work. And the Hindi film industry definitely has a lot of good films coming up.”
Discussing the success of RRR, KGF 2, Pushpa: The Rise, Varun said, “I feel cinema is doing well right now. Every audience has the right to choose what kind of cinema they want to watch. Hollywood films have been working anyway for so many years. And people are liking films from the South and so, they are watching them. I, myself, enjoyed KGF – Chapter 2 so much. I had a great time watching it. No wonder that it is one of the biggest grossers right now.”