Naseeruddin Shah remarks on box office collections, saying, Demons called distributors and exhibitors steal a large share

 

According to Naseeruddin Shah, when a movie does well, distributors and theatres invariably gobble up most of the cream. According to a Bollywood-Hungama story, the actor was addressed outside the Mumbai Lifetime Achievement Award for Cinema Projection.

The cruel truth is that people who work the hardest when making a film receive the lowest income, as Naseeruddin stated when discussing the poor pay in various sections of the film industry. They maintain the damaged electric wires while standing in water up to their waists. Reflectors are on them. Nobody approaches them to ask for water or tea; they carry bags on their shoulders, ascend to the summit, and stay there all day. 

The terrible part is that this tale doesn't finish with the release of the movie, he continued. Toh iski asli malaai distributors aur exhibitors naam ka darinde kha jaate hain (a significant share of it is eaten away by the demons called distributors and exhibitors) when the film is finished and if it is successful. Those who fulfill our ambitions are unknown, and neither recognition nor compensation is shown to them.

The main guest at the Film Heritage Foundation event on Wednesday night was Naseeruddin. In addition to screening Mahal at Mumbai's Regal Theatre as part of the Film Projection in Practise Workshop, workshops were also held as part of the event. Earlier this week, the movie theatre showed two recently restored films: Nosferatu: The Symphony of Horrors (1922) and Tiger of Eschnapur (1938).