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A person's kidnap in Visakhaptnam has created a sensation
CCTV cameras showed unidentified people abducting a person in a car at the collectorate office
Our correspondent Eshwar will give you more info on this. Over to you Eshwar. Do you have any more on this?
We just received flash news. Several celebs in the city have been kidnapped.
Who is this, why did you kidnap us (people speaking)
Among those kidnapped are Prominent producer Manoj Kumar
Popular Director Varun
Surprise Star - Hero Karthik
Popular Critic Yash
Surprising fact is that among the kidnapped are a BTech student
and a house wife
Who are you? Where and why did you take us?
Dont shout, you are now very far from the city. Nobody can hear you
I brought you because I need some answers from you
and you just have half hr for this
If you dont answer my questions within this time, you ll never get out from this place alive
Who is the culprit
Ok, but why us specifically?
With or without your knowledge, you have affected many people
You are all related to movies, I have some questions for you. Thats why I targeted you all.
(Fan) Other than watching movies, I am in no way connected to the film industry, why did you abduct me?
(Housewife) These people might belong to the film industry, but I am a mere housewife. Why did you abduct me?
The problem begins with you actually. Why is the common man watching less number of films these days?
We have our own problems. If I go to a movie theater with my family, it would cost us a lot.
Even if we plan to go, there are no good movies at all these days.
Any how these movies would be coming up on TV very soon.
Ok tell me one thing. When you start cooking, your intention would be to make a good curry right!
Similarly every film maker would start of with an intention of making a good film.
Without watching films, how are you deciding that they are not good
We follow reviews of critics. Based on their reviews we decide.
Oh Ok, then I think the answer lies with popular critic Yash
(Critic) How can we give good reviews, they are investing tons of money but there is no good content in films. Very routine stuff.
There is no problem if you give genuine reviews. Some of you are biased and some of you take money to give these ratings. Isn't this wrong?
Producer Manoj, you all should stop paying these critics who involve in fraudulent activities.
(Producer) You say we invest money but there is no content huh!!! You dump our efforts just like that with your reviews!! Do you know the problems we face??
Director says we should go for foreign locations, actors don't come on time. Heroines don't show up for promotions
For top hero and big budget films, audio launch functions and other functions cost us a fortune. For low budget films, we dont get theaters at all.
On top of this, due to release of big films from other industries, we have to postpone our releases.
As a result of such delays, the interest rates and amounts we pay to financers are ever increasing
Say the film crosses all these hurdles and gets released, piracy is giving a death blow to the film.
Also these directors don't have proper clarity. They would start with something and endup with someting else.
( Director) Hold on Mr. Producer, when you ok the script, you would say don't worry about the cost at all, the quality of the film is the priority.
So when we ask you for some budget on certain things, you now blame us for the increased costs.
Then !! there are other people who know nothing about movies, earn money through other means and invest in films.
Finally when the film turns out to be a disaster, they give an interview
and say that the director messed up big time.
Even we think about the budget. We got to first look for artist dates and combinations.
Local artists are not encouraged and we are made to bring people from other states.
They are ok on the first day. after that they have their share of tantrums, silly excuses and cancel their dates.
Then we have to handle these problems though we are not responsible for those. Producer must plan for these before hand.
Then there is lot of interference in the script.
When we narrate the script, they ok it. Later while filming, they force us to make a lot of changes.
Finally comes the factor of hero's image.
Half of our time goes in praising him. The rest of the time is lost in incorporating changes he suggests to satisfy his fans.
Inspite of all these problems,we try to make good films and satisfy public.
(Hero) Even we would like to try out new genres, but are people accepting such experiments????
When we get success, they would throw heaps of praise on us. When we face failures, these producers turn their back on us.
Even we would like to make good content oriented films, but then our fans
say another hero punched five goons into the air, you must punch ten goons. With such bounds on our image, how can we try new things..
(Fan) Yes Sir, we love our star hero to the core. Say if a movie is releasing in 3-4 months, we start saving money right from today.
When the film gets released we buy a lot of tickets, decorate the theaters and put up banners. We do all these from our own pockets.
Finally if that film bombs, fans of other heroes tease us badly.
We feel really delicate and try to avoid those guys atleast for a month.
When the film flops, just for the sake of collections, we watch it multiple times. Our stars don't know all this.
They would just assume they got the collections by their merit and believe the film performed well.
Now these producers have a new trick in the form of premieres. Each ticket costs Rs 5000.
How can we pay for such high priced tickets.
My friends in America pay about $40-50 for a movie.
How can you imagine it is ok to pay $40 for a film
See Mr. Producer, it all finally comes back to you.
If you had proper vision and planning, all these problems could have been avoided.
Please select a hero based on the script. Don't first sign a deal with a hero and then later select a story.
Dont try to be super greedy and don't think of just earning money.
If your intention is to make a good film, it will definitely yield good results for you.
Mr. Director, your are the captain of the ship. You have must have a clear vision and discipline.
Dont believe that only formula based films will give you success
If you make a good film, people will definitely encourage the film.
Encourage local talent and reduce the costs.
Mr. Hero, don't just be restricted to your own close group.
Please get feedback about you and your films from the people. Use the power of social media.
Make more films in a year and increase the turnover. Film business would then definitely improve.
Hey fans, it is only a loss for you and your family if you fight amongst yourselves. Heroes are all very amicable.
Focus on the character of your star in the film, put his image aside.
If you encourage your star like that, he would have a scope to do more films. That's ideal for everyone.
Mr.Reviewer, don't just dump off a film mentioning just the flaws. Please tell what's good in the film.
Then atleast people would come to the theaters to see those good points in the film.
Please don't kill films.
Mr. Producer, dont try to be greedy and sell the satellite rights early.
You are shooting yourself in the foot by doing so. People are not coming to theaters and instead waiting for them to show up on TV.
So please think and plan well.
Finally, the common man!! These film folks put up such hardwork just for you to come theaters and enjoy their film.
Even after they change, if you do not make an effort to come to the theaters, you are the real culprit.
Even though people taunt the film industry,
it is one unique industry which equally entertains people from all sections of the society irrespective of their status.
Please don't destroy such a wonderful instituition that puts smiles on the faces of many.
This is my sincere request
Finally the real reason for me to kidnap you all is
Knowingly or unknowlingly, your mistakes have badly affected me and my family
I am the son of a Distributor!!!