Amitabh Bachchan addresses Bollywood vs South Indian Cinema debate

Legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has spoken about the debate on Hindi Cinema vs South Indian cinema. When asked about the same in an interview recently, Amitabh felt that the regional movies are doing well in recent times. While Bachchan praised the makers of the South Indian cinema, he revealed of some of the conversations he has had with the makers from the South Indian movies.

Bachchan claimed that the makers from South India said that they make films that are similar to the ones made by Bollywood in the past. He added that South Indian makers make movies that have a similar template to the ones made by Hindi cinema in the past. Bachchan felt that only the making of South Indian films are different which makes them stand out from the rest.

“Regional cinema has been doing very well. But when we talk to them, they say they are making the same kind of films that we do in Hindi. They just change the dressing so that they look beautiful,” said Bachchan in the interview. The Superstar will be in action in Rajinikanth’s 170th movie, which will be a collaboration of one of its kind in the history of Indian cinema.

‘Malayalam and some of the Tamil cinema is authentic and aesthetic’ – Amitabh Bachchan

Bachchan added that the makers from South India have revealed getting inspired by some of the Bollywood movies of the past like Deewar, Sholay, Shakti, and others. It is worth noting that Prashanth Neel had claimed to be inspired by Bachchan and his movies in order to make films like KGF, Ugramm, Salaar and so on.

“A lot of the people I’ve met said, ‘We are remaking your old films, there’s Deewar, Shakti and Sholay somewhere in all our stories.’ Malayalam and some of the Tamil cinema is authentic and aesthetic. This whole idea of pointing fingers at a particular region and saying that unki aachi chal rahi hai, humari nahi (they are better than us) is not right,” added Amitabh in his statement while speaking about the debate.