Industry would rely a lot on relationships: Farah

An actress brings 9 people: Farah

Farah pointed to entourage costs becoming higher

Bollywood director Farah Khan has recently talked about what she feels are the negative changes in the film industry in recent times. During an interaction on Chinki Minki’s YouTube channel she said that interpersonal relationships have been affected with the line of communication being managers. “Bura change ye hai ki pehle bahot zyada relationship pe chalti thi industry. Toh agar mujhe kuch chahiye hota tha toh main actor ko directly phone karti thi. Ab ye hoga ki pehle aap unke manager ke sub-manager ko milo. Phir woh manager milega, uske baad unki agency milegi. So it has become very clinical. Interpersonal relations thode kharab ho gaye (The bad change is that previously the industry would rely a lot on relationships. So, if I wanted something, I would directly call the actor. Now, I will have to meet the manager’s sub manager, then the manager will meet, after that the agency will meet! The interpersonal relations have been affected because of this),” she said. 

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She also pointed to entourage costs becoming higher due to a larger portion of administrative staff accompanying actors. “I think bahot zyada entourage cost ho gaya hai. Ek actress 9 jan saath mein leke aate hain. Ek actor 8 jan leke aata hai. That is a waste of resources. Woh film mein dikhta nahi hai. Woh cost. Toh I think that needs to be controlled a bit. Producers pe bahut bhari padta hain (An actress brings 9 people, an actor gets 8 people. That does not show on the film. It weighs down on the producers),” Farah added. Farah however did highlight positives such as improvement in terms of punctuality and being organised.