Abhishek Pathak On The Ajay Devgn Movie: No One Can Anticipate Box Office; Have Made Drishyam 2 For Theatres

Ajay Devgn's Drishyam 2 is soon to be released, and just in time for that, we had an interview with director Abhishek Pathak. Although the thriller subgenre has not fared well at the box office in recent years due to the pandemic, Abhishek is certain that his film was created for the big screen. “No one can predict the box office run of a film in this world. No one knows, what will work and how much a film will earn,” he says. “Talking about thrillers, I can say that we have made a film, that has some great dialogues. We have made this film in a certain way for the theatres, so when people watch it, they will connect with it”, he added.

Every genre nowadays, in Abhishek's opinion, can be appreciated digitally; it's the presentation that makes it a great big-screen viewing experience. “Any genre can pull the audience to cinema halls and not have boundaries in terms of box office collections. I agree, there are certain people who feel that thrillers are meant for OTT, but if you ask me, every genre today can be consumed on OTT. It’s all about the setup.” He added, “It’s about the way you mount your film and the way you market it. Even audiences want to come to the cinema halls, but you have to position your film in a certain way. The audience will never forgo the theatrical experience.” Along with Drishyam, Pathak intends to partner with Ajay Devgn to finance the Raid sequel. He ends by saying, “That’s going to come. Raid is a widely accepted film but cracking a screenplay takes time. Let the screenplay reach a stage when we are ready to go on floors. There are a couple of ideas and we will speak of it once things are locked.”