‘Never expected movie business to be at mercy of two OTT platforms’

New Delhi: Sanjay Gupta, best known for directing films such as ‘Kaante’, ‘Zinda’, ‘Shootout at Wadala’ and ‘Kaabil’, voiced his disappointment over how the movie industry is now at the ‘mercy of two OTT platforms’.

While Gupta didn’t specify which streaming services he was referring to, he said that the rise of digital platforms had caused ‘the entire system’ to collapse.

“Been in the movie business since I was a teenager. Been a director for 30 years. Never had I imagined nor expected that the entire system would collapse the way it has and be at the mercy of two OTT platforms. Literally,” the filmmaker said in an ‘X’ post recently.

The cause behind Gupta’s comments remains unclear, but his post sparked mixed reactions online.

“So true,” wrote one of the users.

“It’s called disruptive change,” stated another.

“Bring originality into Bollywood movies and things will start to improve,” said the other user.

Gupta’s last theatrical release as a director was 2021’s crime action film ‘Mumbai Saga’, starring John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi. He recently produced ‘Visfot’, headlined by Fardeen Khan and Riteish Deshmukh. The film, directed by Kookie Gulati, premiered on ‘JioCinema’ in September.