Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar (Piku, Sardar Udham) has weighed in on the entire ‘can India make an Adolescence?’ debate.
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“There’s been a lot of discussions around this,” Sircar stated on a panel at the latest Content India Summit in Mumbai. “I can talk about myself and my films. The kind of stories that I wanted to tell, I was able to. So I do not go with that argument about Adolescence, because there are films which were made here—many kinds of films that are relevant to social issues or whatever—that do not have that populist side to them but have strong storytelling, which is evident in a lot of places.”
The filmmaker, whose banner Rising Sun Films has backed path-breaking movies like Vicky Donor and Pink, took a hopeful view of India’s content material panorama.
“I think it’s the strength of the director and the writer that they go with. I mean, somebody mentioned Richie Mehta. He made and proved his point with Delhi Crime and Poacher. Look at the kind of writing and production that he did. So, I’m not debating on that. My point is that we will need those kinds of stories and writers who will do it and be at it.”
Nevertheless, Sircar highlighted rising and impractical prices of manufacturing that always stymie highly effective content material.
“The problem I and many of my friends are facing is the cost of production. If you have a story, the cost of production is rising due to many factors. But if somehow we can use the Indian jugaad system and make that film possible, there is a chance of at least breaking even. That has always been my idea—somehow just break even.”
The Content India Summit 2025 was a symposium on the Indian leisure panorama attended by prime creators and business leaders. It was hosted by Dish TV in collaboration with C21Media.
Published – April 08, 2025 05:09 pm IST
