Overview
- The filmmakers argued that hits like Sairat and KGF inspired a rush to replicate proven formulas at the expense of originality
- Ram Gopal Varma warned that escalating VFX and production spending often undercuts the emotional core of a story
- Anurag Kashyap revealed that a peer intentionally degraded the visual effects in their film to make audiences notice the VFX work
- Both directors criticized the growing obsession with gratuitous gore, citing Animal as an example of violence used without narrative purpose
- They called for a revival of conviction-driven cinema focused on authentic experiences rather than commercial templates