Rakesh Roshan who’s been producing movies for so many years now has recently opened up on how times have changed. The producer, also known for directing movies like ‘Karan Arjun‘, ‘Koi…Mil Gaya’ and ‘Krrish’ among others, has now reflected on how things are different today and the costs have also increased due to certain demands.
He opened up on a chat with Pinkvilla and said, “Our studios didn’t keep the makeup rooms to the level we used to have then. Back then make-up rooms used to be very good. But then we started making vanity vans for the main actors. Now, even though the make-up rooms have improved, vanity vans are so much in fashion that you have to provide them for actors, directors, choreographers, stunt directors. Those who stay on the set for 24 hours even need a vanity van now and I don’t understand why.”
He added that this sort of thing didn’t exist earlier. He said, “When I used to make films, vanity vans existed even then, but I never had one for myself. If I had to go to the washroom, I would have gone to anyone’s vanity van, but I don’t understand that when you are on set all the time, then why have a vanity van?”
Talking about the technicalities of film-making, he said, “We have 100 percent improved in every way, the new cameras have been very helpful, new techniques, green screen, etc make things easy. We never used VFX or green screens in Karan Arjun, Khoon Bhari Maang, etc. The horses would fall for real, but that kind of filmmaking has its thrill. Today, whatever you imagine you can also have that translated on screen. But today visualizations are overpowering the story more, it just goes overboard. One hero is shown fighting with 100 people, it looks a little artificial. Even though my stories were unbelievable, when I made them into films they looked believable.”