Sudipto Sen’s The Kerala Story has emerged the No.1 heroine-oriented film, followed by titles like Tanu Weds Manu, Raazi and The Dirty Picture.
Reacting to this honour, The Kerala Story director Sudipto Sen says, “Being at number 1 is always exciting. We all work only towards that. But unless we know the numbers of old classics like Mother India, Bandini, Guide, Sahib Biwi Aur Gulam or the Tamil film Mahaniti... it is premature for any sensible comment.”
Sudipto pleads for statistics for Indian films. “In Hollywood even the old classics are supported by statistics. Like, they calculated, Casablanca as the all-time highest grosser Hollywood film. Casablanca earned 3.7 million dollars when it was released in 1943. Which economists calculate to be more than 2.5 billion, in today's currency power.”
He feels there should be more statistical transparency in our country. “Our people are unfortunately not evolved. Positive thinking, and thinking-ahead need vision, and that vision is very scarce.”
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