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Renowned filmmaker Hansal Mehta recently shared his views about the current situation of Bollywood. In a long post on his X account, Mehta stated that Hindi Cinema needs a reset. The director stated that the industry isn’t dying and is waiting to be disrupted. Hansal shared that the future of Bollywood lies in ‘betting on raw talent, bold storytelling and directors, who can take a script and direct’. The star filmmaker also listed out some talented male actors including Adarsh Gourav, Vedang Raina, Ishaan Khatter, Zahan Kapoor, Aditya Rawal, Sparsh Shrivastava, Abhay Verma, Lakshya and Raghav Juyal. 

Hansal Mehta tweeted, “Long Post : Hindi Cinema Needs a Reset For those predicting doom for Bollywood—pause. The industry isn’t dying. It’s waiting to be disrupted. The problem isn’t the audience losing interest. It’s that investment is being funneled into the safe, the recycled, the formulaic. The future of Hindi cinema lies in betting on raw talent, bold storytelling, and directors who can take a script and direct the hell out of it. The past few years have proved: stars don’t necessarily bring audiences; conviction does. A new generation of actors, filmmakers, and writers is ready to change the game. But it will take producers with vision, platforms that back stories over statistics, and directors who demand authenticity over familiarity. It will need solid financial discipline, intelligent exhibition strategy, marketing that is well thought out and not the template paid publicity that is making publicists rich and the industry much poorer. Here’s some of the talent (male actors for now, will write one with female actors, directors and writers later) that comes to mind as I write this. Talent that needs faith, not second-guessing—because if nurtured right, they’re the future..” 

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Hansal Mehta has worked in The Buckingham Murders, Scoop, Faraaz, Shahid, Omerta, CityLights, The Accidental Prime Minister, Dedh Bigha Zameen and Simran to name a few.