- By Aarushi Raina
- Sun, 11 May 2025 09:07 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Anurag Kashyap is one of the renowned filmmakers in the industry. He has always been vocal about his views on issues prevailing in the industry. He made headlines recently for leaving Bollywood due to the work culture and its current state. Now, he has raised another concern about the rise of Pan-India films, calling it a "massive scam."
Anurag Kashyap Shares Views On Pan-India Films
In a conversation with The Hindu, Anurag said, "For me, pan-India is a massive scam. Pan-India is a term. A film is pan-India if it performs pan-India. How can a film be pan-India before it’s even made? The film goes into production for three to four years. A lot of people are involved in the film. So their lifestyle also depends on the film for three to four years. So all the money doesn’t go into the film. The story is the same, the actors are the same, the money goes into these massive, unreal sets, which doesn’t make sense. Only 1% of it works. And that 1% again starts the whole cycle of pan-India."
He claimed that to recreate the success of films like Baahubali and KGF, there has been to decline in the quality of storytelling. "Some films have become successful, that nobody expected, like Stree 2. That started the horror comedy universe. When Uri became a success, everybody started making nationalistic films. Post Baahubali, everybody started doing these big ass movies with Prabhas or somebody else. KGF became a success, everyone wants to emulate that. And that’s where the decline in storytelling begins, "Anurag stated.
He criticised the industry for creating formulaic films and its chase for unrealistic targets. “It all becomes a formula because everybody is chasing that elusive Rs 800-900-1,000 crore. Figures are going up, but there’s maybe one film that’s crossed Rs 1,000 crore, one film that’s crossed Rs 900 crore. In the last five years, there may be only five or six films that have reached there, but we’re making 1,000 films a year,” the filmmaker added.
Decoding the phenomenon of filmmaker SS Rajamouli's last film, RRR, which attained massive success globally. Praising Rajamouli for his work, Anurag added, "RRR was meant to break out. Baahubali, because of its length, didn’t break out, but every cinephile across the world has seen it. It doesn’t mean RRR is superior to Baahubali. I said it much before RRR released that it’d be the film that would break out of India. Because it was building up like that."
The term Pan-India films refers to movies that are released in multiple languages across India, including Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and others. After the success of Prabhas starrer Baahubali in 2015, this concept gained prominence in the industry. Following this, RRR became a commercial success and attained recognition on the global stage. The latest pan-India film, Allu Arjun-led Pushpa 2: The Rule, made a blockbuster business at the box office.
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Meanwhile, on the work front, Anurag Kashyap was recently seen in Rifle Club. The movie was released in 2024.
