Hindi cinema needs to raise its standards: Irrfan Khan

IANS

Irrfan Khan feels that Hindi cinema needs to raise its standards to survive among good Hollywood films and regional films.
"Cinema is changing and its audience is getting mature. If you can present content-driven films then the audience always lauds the film.
"But now I feel that Hindi cinema needs to raise it's standard because for one, good Hollywood films are dividing business of Hindi cinema, secondly, regional films are getting better," Irrfan said. He also feels that Southern films like Baahubali have the capacity to capture the whole Indian market and therefore Hindi cinema needs to come up with really good subjects.
"They should attract the audience through good subjects otherwise it will get difficult for them," said Irrfan at the screening of the film Hindi Medium organised by the makers for the teachers of Hindi-medium schools.
Hindi Medium touches one of the obsessions in India, which is to speak impeccable English.
"English has become a necessity. We are not against the language in this film and I feel as an individual, we should learn as many languages as we can but we should be proud and have confidence in our own language. We should not feel backward in comparison to anybody," he said.
Irrfan also spoke about the current scenario of education in India.
"Today studies have become more competitive and it is not enough for children to learn only in schools, they also need to study in private classes.
"In our country, the standard of government-aided schools is not good. Only when it gets better will our national language have some chance to hold its place," he said.
Hindi Medium is directed by Saket Choudhary. It also stars Pakistani actress Saba Qamar, Deepak Dobriyal and Amrita Singh in pivotal roles.
It is all set to release on May 19.