Mumbai: He has a celebrated indie film “Titli” behind him as his directorial debut, but Kanu Behl feels such films are fighting tooth-and-nail to get a proper theatrical release despite there being an audience for it.
“Titli”, featuring actors Ranvir Shorey, Amit Sial, Shashank Arora, was co-produced by Dibakar Banerjee and Yash Raj Films.
Kanu feels today the market is such that it is getting “tougher and tougher” for independent films to be profitable at the box office.
“It is a great time because audience’s tastes are rapidly changing. We get a very strong sense that conventional is not working anymore. So, that is a really encouraging sign, audiences are going ahead to experience different kind of films,” Kanu told in an interview.
“But also the commerce, the whole jingbang around making a film is also changing. It is becoming tougher and tougher for smaller indie fair to make sense commercially.”
According to the director, the online space has opened up a whole new avenue for filmmakers, but even that is not such a viable option as it is ultimately a theatrical release which will ensure a film getting a wide viewing.
