Imran Khan recently opened up about why he chose a romantic movie for his comeback instead of going with the ongoing trend of masculine content. The actor also talked about the audience choosing to buy tickets for spectacle movies over simple films. Let’s take a look at what he has to say.
Imran Khan says he feels nothing is wrong about the audience showing up in theaters for big movies
In an interview with the Hindustan Times, Imran Khan also addressed the change in the cinema viewing experience of the audience after COVID, with them reserving their time and money for theaters only for massive spectacles.
Acknowledging the same, Khan said, “You’re right, there has been a global trend in audiences moving away from cinemas and one really only showing up for large-scale spectacle. I don’t see anything wrong with that; it’s audiences’ taste.”
Imran Khan expresses the industry has become box office obsessed
In the same conversation, Imran Khan expressed, “I think it’s important to separate the creative process of movie making from commercial.”The actor added that the industry is becoming more box office obsessed, and everyone is sitting down with “spreadsheets, calculators; tracking box office as though it’s a sport.” Imran expressed, “It means nothing to me.”
Imran Khan talks about his comeback film ‘Adhoore Hum Adhoore Tum ‘
Talking about his comeback movie, ‘Adhoore Hum Adhoore Tum’, co-starring Bhumi Pednekkar, Imran Khan said, “The film that we’re making is a Netflix original. We had never considered that this is the kind of narrative that would appeal to a mass audience; it’s a gentle, relationship story.”
More about Imran Khan
Imran Khan made a comeback with the Vir Das-starrer ‘Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos’. Khan made a special appearance in the film. Directed by Vir, the film also featured Mona Singh, Sharib Hashmi, Mithila Palkar, and Srushti Tawade. The movie was released in cinemas in February this year.
