Actor R Madhavan, who was last seen in ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’, is now promoting his upcoming film ‘GDN’. During the promotions, the actor expressed concern that younger audiences, including his 20-year-old son Vedant’s generation, are increasingly disconnected from Hindi cinema and showing greater interest in Japanese anime and Korean content.Madhavan said the Indian film industry is not losing viewers to other filmmaking, but to a completely different storytelling landscape. “I have one fear that I don’t even want to think about,” Madhavan said, referring to himself in the third person. “Certainly, by now, I have gained his respect. He is 20 now. But if you look at my younger generation, they are completely disconnected from him.” “It’s a big problem.
They watch Japanese anime, they watch Korean content. But they don’t even want to watch our Tamil films. “They will not go to the theater to watch Hindi films or Hindi films either,” he said in an interview with Cinema Express. The actor admitted that he could have easily continued producing traditional commercial films, which he believed would ensure a certain level of success. However, he said he wanted to explore roles that allowed him to show the depth of his craft.
“I think if you make a commercial film, it will definitely have at least one hit. Just having that formula is enough to keep us going for many years,” he said.Explaining his choice to do more challenging projects, Madhavan added, “With all the experiences I’ve had in my life, we can’t really combine them into one film. That’s what acting is all about. But I’ve never had the opportunity to show the depth and quality that acting requires.”
And then, when that kind of opportunity finally came along, I decided that just doing some regular commercial films wasn’t something I could do.Madhavan also said that the responsibility of creating meaningful and inspiring cinema lies with the filmmakers and performers themselves. “What’s happening in Tamil Nadu is happening all over the world. How empowered are our people? How aware are they? But beyond that, how inspired are we when we come forward? Whether we are storytellers, directors or actors, how truly inspired are we?” he said.His upcoming film ‘GDN’ tells the story of Gopalaswamy Doraiswami Naidu, a self-taught inventor and industrialist from Coimbatore who is often referred to as India’s Edison. Despite having no formal engineering education, Naidu developed India’s first electric motor and attempted to build a car similar to a Mercedes in the pre-independence state of Tamil Nadu.
