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Hansal Mehta hails Raghav, Ishaan and Zahan as Bollywood's future

Mumbai, Mar 11 (UNI) Visionary filmmaker Hansal Mehta has lauded the rising generation of Bollywood actors, singling our Raghav Juyal, Ishaan Khatter and Zahan Kapoor as the industry's torchbearers for the future.
In a detailed post on X (formerly known as Twitter), Mehta emphasised that star power alone is no longer enough to draw audiences to theatres. He wrote, "Hindi Cinema Needs a Reset. For those predicting doom for Bollywood—pause. The industry isn’t dying; it’s waiting to be disrupted. The problem isn’t that audiences are losing interest, but that investment is being funnelled into the safe, the recycled, the formulaic. The future of Hindi cinema lies in betting on raw talent, bold storytelling, and directors who can take a script and direct the hell out of it. The past few years have proved: stars don’t necessarily bring audiences; conviction does."
He underscored the necessity of visionary producers willing to champion substantive storytelling over commercial statistics, platforms that prioritise authenticity over formulaic content and directors who approach their craft with unflinching conviction. According to Mehta, these young actors exemplify the industry's evolving artistic direction.
He criticised the rise of paid publicity, which has become a major issue in the industry, and said, "A new generation of actors, filmmakers, and writers is ready to change the game. But it will take producers with vision, platforms that back stories over statistics, and directors who demand authenticity over-familiarity. It will need solid financial discipline, an intelligent exhibition strategy, and well-thought-out marketing—not the template-based paid publicity that is making publicists rich and the industry much poorer." UNI XC SSP
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