Is Bollywood losing its charm? As many films fail to impress, experts share why

Is Bollywood facing a creative crisis? Critics Taran Adarsh, Komal Nahta, and Meena Iyer say the magic is missing.

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00:00A film released yesterday, Salman Khan's Sikandar, is a very big film, but look at the results.

00:05So to say that films are flopping, there is a big hand of the film industry behind it.

00:11Is Bollywood losing its magic?

00:13Film critics Taran Adarsh, Komal Mehta and Meena Iyer broke down why the industry was struggling to keep up.

00:19Because there is a spread, which is a very good thing, but after the spread, there is a silence.

00:26Neither is it released in very few films, it is completely dry.

00:30Today, one film is successful, after that, there are about 8-10 films that flop in a row.

00:37While some movies failed miserably, critics believe some did manage to win hearts due to their mass appeal.

00:42Pushpa, why did you do so much business? Why did a woman do so much business?

00:46Before that, Jawan, Pathan, Animal or Gadar, why did they succeed so much?

00:51Recently, Chhawa, which is going close to 600 crores, why?

00:57Because the main reason behind it is that the audience is happy to see that film, they are happy from the heart.

01:02These film critics believe that Bollywood was going wrong because

01:06Our Hindi cinema has happened that we are not thinking about the script at all, a betrayal has come.

01:16Only and only sloppiness, sloppiness in the script.

01:20They also raise concerns over Bollywood's over-reliance on actor's fame.

01:23People are thinking that I have a superstar in my hand, I will take him and make anything out of him, the film will run.

01:32But this does not happen.

01:33Bollywood had been struggling with numbers in 2024 and 2025.

01:37Sikandar did roughly 85 crore rupees since its release against a 300 crore budget.

01:42Emergency earned Rs. 21 crore in the opening month against a 60 crore budget.

01:47Bade Mia, Chhoti Mia managed just Rs. 64.7 crore in the opening month against an exorbitant Rs. 350 crore budget.

01:54With the current box office trends, will Bollywood be able to revive its magic?

01:58But please engage a good script writer, a good editor, a good music director.

02:03Please engage the finest talent and give us sensible cinema.