Senior Tollywood film maker and former President of AP Film producer's council, Mr Thammareddy Bharadwaja said that 'none of the heroes in Telugu film industry are men'.When asked if top heroes in Tollywood would act in movies like 'TareZameen Par' made on children's issues, he said that, ' none of our heroes will do that kind of cinema. There are men in Bollywood and our heroes are not men'.
Speaking to the media at the 16th International Children's Film festival being held at the city, the producer said that our heroes know nothing about cinema but think that they are 'demigods'. He said that most of the actors in the industry are 'dumb' and don't go beyond making movies with two fight scenes and a few dances.
"The mindset of our heroes is very bad. They don't know what is cinema.They don't watch International cinema and know nothing about movies.Their parents are actors and so they have become one. Forget about good stories, they can't even give good 'treatment' and making to the films. They don't have passion for cinema. They don't experiment at all and don't have the courage to do movies like Tare Zameen Par" he said and added, " I can't talk further here, it will be more controversial" .
The producer said that it is impossible for producers to invest in children's movie unless they are commercially viable. He opined that people don't watch movies for kids and it is too risky for producers to invest money on movies for kids and incurr losses. He asked the government to give complete subsidy if it is a good movie and said that since the government is giving very little funding, our film makers are making 'terrible' movies for kids.
"We can't make movies with Rs 20 lakh. They will be hopeless movies withthat amount of funding given by government. If it is a good movie, thegovernment should fund it completely and also build mini theatres indistricts to screen such movies. All said and done, everyone forgets aboutmovies for kids after this festival and it is back to square one." he said.
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