Director Shekhar Kapur, who headed the feature film jury of this year's National Film Awards, says Hindi film industry needs to pull up its socks. The veteran filmmaker singled out regional films, particularly Malayalam cinema, at the 65th National Film Awards announcement today. When asked whether a divide still exists between the mainstream and regional cinema, Kapur told PTI, "I think Hindi cinema should now become regional cinema." Hindi films cannot compete with them, not in the state they are... And I know why... Our Hindi films try too hard to become everything. For years, I've been watching films and thinking that 'Nah... the standard of Hindi films is not that good.

Source: dna April 13, 2018 15:00 UTC