Screenwriter Niran Bhatt, known for his work on superhits like Stree 2, Munjya, and Bhediya, recently slammed remake culture in Bollywood, stating that the entire ecosystem in the Hindi film industry is “broken.”
Speaking at the 7th edition of the Indian Screenwriters Conference (ISC), hosted by the Screenwriters Association of India (SWA) on Friday, Niren, who is the chief writing architect of the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe, said that a crisis has plagued the writers’ community in Bollywood.
He said, “There are two pictures- One is very bleak; all writers are struggling; this is the worst time for writers in the industry but then it’s up to you how to navigate. I think this is also the best time because all the established rules are broken. The entire system is broken. So only disruptors will survive and writers are the biggest disruptors. People who are sticking to their guns, their films aren’t working. It is the best time for disruption.”
At the session called The Mainstream Reality, Niren Bhatt discussed the significance of original storytelling and slammed Bollywood’s current obsession with remakes. He further added that out of 23 remakes, 25 are flops. “The only way to succeed is to make original content,” he stated.
Next, Niren will be penning the story for titles like Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna’s Thama, Stree 3, and Varun Dhawan’s Bhediya 2.