The strangest thing is so many studios have shut down in the last few years, still no owner/promoter has learnt anything from the mistakes made previously. They keep on hiring the same bunch of people from one studio to another. These executives, keep sinking ships and jumping to new ones.



The future of film studios in India seems bleak as the same people are constantly being shuffled in key positions. If we take a look at the current crop:

Viacom18: After incurring heavy losses, the studio has slowed down its operation with the release of just 2-3 films per year. The studio is headed by an MBA graduate and it apparently doesn’t even have a creative head or team in place. The head of production also pitches in as the creative head.

Sony-MSM Pictures: The studio is headed by someone with a financial background who was handling Sony’s television business. The studio head reportedly did not have much confidence in Piku which was produced by MSM last year. The film ended up being a commercial and critical success. The person, however, was very confident about Azhar, which ended up being a dud.