While his film, Lucknow Central, is set to hit the screens this Friday, Farhan Akthar says that so far it has been a very different year for Bollywood as many content driven films are doing good at the box-office.
“The films that have performed well and even appreciated seem to be talking about our issues, dwelling less in fantasies and more in reality,” says Farhan in an interview to PTI.
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“I feel it is a very good thing that those films have worked but I don’t think that it is the death of escapist cinema at all. I feel these are phases which happen. Even within escapist cinema, if you find a good story to tell, it will do well. What is working right now, most importantly, is that there is a hunger to go to the theatre be entertained, but also be engaged in a way that is not frivolous,” he says.
The actor says he has played raw characters in films like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Wazir, but the audience and filmmakers identify him more with his “urban roles”.