Animal lyricists say, ‘Filmmakers in Bollywood have become corrupt’

Writerlyricist turned filmmakers duo Siddharth Singh and Garima Wahal are making it big with their directorial debut The film recently won the Peoplersquos Choice Award for Best Film at the 6th Mumbai Film Festival Having previously worked with Sanjay Leela Bhansali in his films like Goliyon Ki Raasleela RamLeela Padmaavat and Sandeep Reddy Vanga in Kabir Singh and Animal the duo has quite an impressive body of workWhen they sat with midday for a candid chat we asked them about the changing dynamics within the industry and the ongoing issues that are bothersome The two had quiet some thoughts to shareSiddharth and Garima about filmmakersGiven that the filmmakers have worked closely with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Sandeep Reddy Vanga we asked them what was common between the two Siddharth replied They work with a lot of honesty because they want to tell a story Here people want to make a film and then put agendas of a woke culture in it All these filmmakers in Bollywood have got corrupt I feel You know theres a wave of feminism Its a wave They dont care about womens liberation actually They care about the wave Oh now the ads are being made on feminism Oh the women Yeah okay So lets put feminism in our film Thats not the right reason to make a film You make a strong female character she will anyway win over peopleThey further added that films nowadays are being made for critics Garima says In Bollywood people make films a lot of films for critics Nowadays see what is happening Even the most commercial production houses are making films which are pleasing the critics and running away with zero box office performance Im sorry I really feel that films need to make money They should make money for the producer They should be brought out and put out in a waySiddharthGarima about increasing demands of actorsWhen asked if the actors demands have been rising given the debate around entourage costs Siddharth says Producers have started giving them that you know cushion They started doing all this so now it is coming to bite them It is unrealistic completely unrealistic The actors dont need to be pampered so much Thats why our industry is actordriven and South is contentdrivenGarima adds It is really unhealthy It is not advisable at all Already films are suffering more We are falling left right and center on the box office These actors have no empathy for that or what So I feel its really criminal to ask the producer for that kind of money Actors are the least empathetic I feelTalking about the 8hour work shift demands Siddharts quips And right now people who are fighting for these 8hour shifts and all that forget that there is a certain clock that is ticking when the producer is putting money behind the setThey actors are handling multiple projects at the same time They can go and endorse a brand or cut a ribbon There should be time for that too But why should the producer suffer at the cost of that kindSiddharth Garima on winning the Peoples Choice AwardThe two also opened up about winning the Peoples Choice Award for their directorial debut Dukaan Garima expressed her pride and joy saying We were very happy with being selected in the Mumbai Film Festival which is a relatively newer festival and they have very stringent sort of process through which the film So out of 1500 films they selected like 25 features which was greatView this post on InstagramA post shared by Siddharth Garima siddharthgarimaShe further adds And then when the screening happened at NFAI which is the National Film Archives of India it was a moment of pride And the kind of audience reaction that we got the people who watched it every age group The lyricist adds how college students from Pune had turned up for the screening and gave an overwhelming responseSiddharth added how the response and award comes as a validation He shared The film had issues multiple issues in terms of release because we didnt have a big star cast and there was no Alisters face we had very limited theatres when we came outGarima adds You know for people how me and Siddharth are and how weve been we will always love a Public Choice Award more than a Critics Award because for us we make films for the public for the audience We are not here to please the critics