In 1975, Sholay  of Ramesh Sippy gave a western look to the Indian product. It was a risk taken by the Sippys. Had they not risked by the launch of an ambitious film, they would have faced a financial crisis. However, the risk taking was abandoned later, except a few movies such as Shekhar Kapur’s Mr. India and some films by Bonney Kapoor. Hindi films have confined themselves to three or four genres—comedy, crime, romance and family, and a mix of these — comic-crime, family-romance, violent-love-story etc.

There are no war films, science fiction, fantasy and espionage except a few notable examples. The Sholay’s  bold risk taking move is conspicuous by its absence. Even TV and documentations are no competition to films. Hindi films thus could afford to be lacklustre. Indian movies mainly reflect the small-town North India. Indian movies must now focus on story and spectacle on a variety of genres.