Hema Malini opined on why movies like Pathaan and Gadar 2 have emerged as money spinners at the box office.
Bollywood’s ‘Dream Girl’ Hema Malini is happy that Hindi films are back to doing good business at the box office after a long dry spell. Citing examples of two of the highest grossing movies of this year, Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan and Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2, the actress said that the audiences wants to watch films on the big screen while the OTT platforms are preferable as ‘time pass’.
Hema told PTI, “Films on the (big) screen are very different, which we are used to. I’m used to that kind of films… the big screen. So, this OTT and web series are all nice for time pass, but I don’t know how wonderful it is. That’s why when Gadar 2 and Pathaan and all came on the big screen, they were all a hit. People love to see the big screen which is different from the small screen.”
Earlier this year, Sharmila Tagore made her acting comeback with the Disney+ Hotstar series Gulmohar. On the other hand, Dharmendra and Jaya Bachchan featured together in Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani. Like them, Hema Malini too, wants to take up more work.
“I would like to do it (films). If I get some nice roles, sure, definitely, why not? I would like all the producers to come forward and sign me. I am there,” the news agency quoted the Sholay actress as saying.
Meanwhile, Amitabh Bachchan-Hema Malini’s 2003 film Baghban is all set to clock 20 years this year. Ahead of its anniversary, the senior star told the portal that she wished she had done more work with Big B post this film.
“I wish we had done many more films together after Baghban. But unfortunately, it did not happen. Maybe one has to remember only Baghban. So, it was wonderful working (with Bachchan). Even that time, I did a film after some gap of years, I did Baghban. So, I was a little hesitant, but I did the film. And, of course, Amit ji and I did beautiful work together,” Hema Malini told the news agency.
For the unversed, the duo have worked together in films like Baghban, Satte Pe Satte, Nastik, Naseeb, Sholay, amongst others.
