Renowned filmmaker R. Balki is understood for his movies like Pad Man, Paa, and Cheeni Kum. During a current verbal exchange, the veteran director mentioned the blockbusters within the past few years and stated that they have been the "worst" and "damn uninteresting" movies.

While speakme at an occasion at MIT World Peace University in Pune, R. Balki shared his  cents at the lately released a success movies. He stated that the "blockbusters" that have befell in the last four–5 years had been the "worst movies."“I’m just announcing, now not most effective from an highbrow or an artistic factor of view however also from the antique leisure, ‘masala, paisa vasool’ sort of a experience. Also, they’re damn boring," he said.

Balki in addition continued by means of drawing a contrast from iconic Manmohan Desai films. He highlighted the retrospective of Amitabh Bachchan that Desai’s movies like Amar Akbar Anthony and Naseeb could offer. He expressed his perception via admitting that these conventional films have been amusing to watch, which has completely long gone from the modern-day blockbusters.

Despite missing enjoyment, the movies were running properly at the field workplace, which Balki credits to advertising and marketing. He noted that the movies have currently come to be like a task and economics is related to it which ambitions at getting better the amount invested in it.

The Paa filmmaker said that it's far the advertising and marketing that drives human beings into the theaters to agree with something is ideal which truely isn't. "By the time human beings trust it’s terrible, the movie has made its money," he said.In addition to this, the filmmaker additionally pointed out the target audience’s psychology that also contributes to the phenomenon. He stated that occasionally humans don’t want to believe that a film is awful after watching it and want to find one or two appropriate things about the film.

Balki stated if they like something approximately the star, they come to be pronouncing that it was "Time pass" as one wouldn’t pay 500 greenbacks and curse themselves. "You will need to mention, ‘I become not that foolish. Oh, it become… it become a laugh. It become a bit bit a laugh,’" he said.

R Balki’s final directorial changed into Abhishek Bachchan and Saiyami Kher starrer Ghoomer which changed into launched remaining yr in 2023.