Hansal Mehta on The Buckingham Murders performance: Every film's success shouldn't be decided on its box office collection

The Buckingham Murders director Hansal Mehta said he finds it ‘demeaning’ when films are reduced to how much they earn at the box office.

In an exclusive interview with Money Control, Hansal Mehta spoke about how the dynamics of movie watching have changed and that there is an alteration in the landscape.

"Well, yes, there is. I mean you. We have to admit that there is an alteration in the landscape. The ecosystem. There is an alteration, and we are, you know, all of us have embraced it. you know. I think what is important is that we keep telling those stories, and these stories keep finding their audiences, and the people who invest in the stories get a return on investment on what they have done. You know that the money is kept safe, so that's a balancing act that you have to do," he told us.

"Har film ka achcha bura box office ki wajah se hona na hona to me is demeaning an art form. It is a choti soch. From where do the makers recover their money is their lookout, and there are various avenues of recovering money. Those who are spreading this that numbers are the say all then it is wrong. You can't compare the talent with height. If that would have been the case, then Aamir Khan or Salman Khan would not have been superstars. So I find the direct relation of a movie being good to how much it makes at the box office very demeaning," added Hansal Mehta.

Hansal Mehta's The Buckingham Murders, starring Kareena Kapoor in the lead role, has been appreciated by fans and critics alike.