You can’t judge a film with box office numbers: Talaash director

Reema KagtiBox-office collections indicate how many people watched your film, not how many liked it, says Reema Kagti, whose second directorial venture “Talaash” is set for release Nov 30.

“All these numbers tell you how many people went to see the film and not how many people liked the film. So I feel if you want to judge a film, you can’t just take the numbers approach. It’s a creative art form at the end of the day,” Kagti told IANS in a group interview.

After the success of her debut film “Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd”, Kagti teamed up with Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji and Kareena Kapoor for thriller “Talaash”.

Having assisted in the making of “Lagaan” and “Dil Chahta Hai”, both starring Aamir Khan, Kagti said she enjoyed directing the superstar.

“I didn’t find him very rigid. I had worked with him in ‘Lagaan’ and ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ and I had seen how he was. So, honestly, I really wasn’t worried. He was very supportive. He really took the trouble to understand my vision and supported me with it,” she said.

“I always felt that Aamir had the deepest respect for my vision. We never had a difference in opinion. I told him what I wanted to do with the film and he liked it. In this case, I don’t think I had any fears of my film going out of my hands,” she said.

Kagti said she believed in taking suggestions from team members while making a film.

“I feel that a part of directing is giving your crew a fair hearing. Taking good ideas from people, taking inputs never diminishes a director’s control. That’s just the way filmmaking works. It is a collaborative art form,” she said.

Kagti, who co-scripted “Talaash” with friend Zoya Akhtar, the director of “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara”, said the two are “not stuck at the hip all the time”, but they were “best friends” and “enjoy writing together”.

Kagti and Akhtar are working on two more scripts together.

“Zoya and I are developing two new stories. One for me to direct and one for Zoya and, hopefully, we will have something in our hands in the next couple of months,” she said.

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30 Comments

  • With due respect to Reema, how will you know how many people who watched the film, liked too. For that matter, how many people who watched Honey Moon Travels, like them too. It relates to attributes. And attributes can not be measure.

    However, if we take absolute amount [which is readily measurable], can be used as one of the criteria, to judge the film. There is simple regresssion analysis – higher the collections, most likely the number of personls liked is higher.

  • TALAASH Just 160+cr. Only……
    JTHJ Just 90+cr. Only……
    SOS Just 85+Cr. Only……
    ETT Just 199Cr. Only……
    KHILADI 786 Just 75+Cr. Only…….
    DABANGG 2 Just 250+Cr. Only………

  • As of now ‘talaash’ is looking extremely interesting,intense,creative and thrilling. It will have an excellent run in both multiplexes and singles as the movie has a realistic setting. Eagerly waiting for talaash!

  • She is right ETT 186 Cr but nothing in the movie.
    Wat happens to missile technology? The scientist? No country service?

  • @nilesh, bodyguard was a crap film, still it collected so mch of money , y ??? coz pathetic ppl lyk u go n watch such craps, u ppl dnt go n watch artistic films , noevl films wid new ideas or else so gud films lyk gangs of wasseypur,guzaarish,english vinglish,paan singh tomar wud hav been huge hits , bt u ppl only lyk film has over d top , unrealistic action, catchy punch lines, 1-2 item no.s, tagda hero etc, n u say dat film is masterpiece, sry dats d bizzare routined formulae fr success , nothin novel !!

  • @ Velocity, Boss who are you to judge me or the film pathetic. Neither I nor the film is dependent on your soothsay. Goodbye.

  • Work = Force [creativity] * Displacement [success]. If displacement is Nil, Work is Nil, inspite of 100% creativity.

  • So 3 idiot is not deserving film. .lol. . I think she too dnt have trust in talash content. .so talkin like dis . . Dis above sentence only valid for 1st 3 days . . Bcoz 1st 3 days collection will come from star power and hype . . Rest it depend on audience like. .

  • poor SALMAN fans. first went all out against SRK FANS.
    NOW WANT to start poking their entire body and their useless comments in to this page with boxoffice figures. of some crap movies.
    but REMEMBER SALMAN days r numbered. he can never surpass 3 idiots records. keep dreams
    TALAASH IS GOING TO JUST ROCK.

  • I tnk she said a very good and great thoughts about a good movie which she doesn’t compare that with box office collection AND i hope TALAASH will be good and nice movie like 3 idiots

  • gus it’s Aamir movies not other actor movie, so simply content is winner, and people will remember this movie too as a great film.

  • @tamim. I guess these SALMAN fans know only one thin. that’s box office figures. how much crap the movie may be (ETT, BODYGUARD , READY )they want to compare it with master piece 3 IDIOTS.
    IN A WAY I AM REALLY HAPPY THAT 3 IDIOTS EARNED THE MOST. OTHERWISE THESE ILLITERATE FANS WOULD START NAMING 3 IDIOTS AS A BASELESS MOVIE BRINGING FLAWS IN IT.
    AAMIR MOVIES ROCK AND SO DOES THE MAN AAMIR khan.

  • @ sahil I mean didn’t 3 idiots have a seen where a baby was delivered from a vaccum cleaner……………..

  • @ Sahil, As the BO numbers are rich of Salman fans so are the fans of Salman Rich. They pay, buy the ticket and go to theatres to watch the movies. Not just post cyber-comments.

  • Correction.

    Sahil, As the BO numbers are rich of Salman films, so are the fans of Salman Rich. They pay, buy the ticket and go to theatres to watch the movies. Not just post cyber-comments.

  • @ Ruler I’m just saying it’s very unrealalistic . An there is nothing wrong with movies being unreal but why do one Salman films only get talked about negativly if they use unreal scenes . Why doesn’t anyone criticize Aamir or being apart of such a unrealisic film .

  • @maroonporsche You see, in olden days, they used to give child births without any medical care, I think you already know that, right? It’s not an unrealistic. About salman’s movies, I think I don’t have any rights to talk about, since I never watched one.

  • I dont Know why Salmans films are always brought up. It has been proven in India and overseas that people dance to the song in Salmans films and whistle durig fights . If that doesn’t proove people like the movies than what does. I think Reema knows films is not gonna gross alot

  • @nilesh. HA HA HA. but still couldn’t manage to overhaul 3IDIOTS. SO CALLED RICH FANS RICH STAR. Dude grow up. no movie of SALMAN is going to pass 3 idiots. keep dreaming

    @maroonporshes. DUDE THAT’S CALLED VACUUM ASSISTED DELIVERY.
    read DUTTA s OBSTETRICS and GYNECOLOGY. This type is done in normal delivery process if the mother s effort is unable to expel uff baby. DUDE FIRST COLLECT INFORMATION AND THAN TALK.
    NOT LIKE UR ILLITERATE STARS ILLOGICAL STORIES. U TOO GROW UP. OR GET A LIFE.

  • @maroonporsche. SO U TOO KEEP DANCING ON A FLIGHT RATHER THAN COMMENT ON THIS PAGE WHICH IS CONCERNING AMIR. my sincere request and plz plz plz
    TELL UR ILLOGICAL STARS FANS.

  • She is right a person has to like the film not just watch it. But as far as Salman is concerned the public enjoys themselves when they see his films. So you have to talk about other actors

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