This Article is From Oct 22, 2010

I did not like Dabangg: Yash Chopra

I did not like Dabangg: Yash Chopra

Highlights

  • Veteran Bollywood director
  • Yash Chopra, who redefined romance on Indian cinema screen,
  • feels that Salman Khan starrer Dabangg had nothing new to
  • offer.

  • The 78-year-old filmmaker, known for his romantic
  • movies like Waqt, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Chandni and
  • Veer-Zaara, feels that Indian cinema should not be used
  • merely a tool of entertainment.

  • "I did not like Dabangg. What was new in that film? It
  • was an old fashioned movie but it was such a huge success.
  • Personally, I wasn't able to understand the logic behind the
  • movie," said Chopra, who was here to unveil the new logo of
  • Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
  • (FICCI).

New Delhi: Veteran Bollywood directorYash Chopra, who redefined romance on Indian cinema screen,feels that Salman Khan starrer Dabangg had nothing new tooffer.

The 78-year-old filmmaker, known for his romanticmovies like Waqt, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Chandni andVeer-Zaara, feels that Indian cinema should not be usedmerely a tool of entertainment.

"I did not like Dabangg. What was new in that film? Itwas an old fashioned movie but it was such a huge success.Personally, I wasn't able to understand the logic behind themovie," said Chopra, who was here to unveil the new logo ofFederation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry(FICCI).

The director said: "Indian cinema is really big and isexcelling like anything. It has so much to offer other thanthe entertainment quotient. It's role has become big and moreresponsible."
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