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Karthik Subbaraj on why Tamil cinema doesn't have a Rs 10 billion film yet: 'Can't plan for magic'

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“Karthik Subbaraj on why Tamil cinema doesn't have a Rs 10 billion film yet: 'Can't plan for magic”

Jailer 2 has just become the biggest Tamil film ever made, yet the industry still has not reached the box-office figure that Hindi, Telugu and Kannada cinema have all crossed. Asked why, filmmaker Karthik Subbaraj says the question itself misreads how blockbusters happen. A milestone no one can engineer The director behind Pizza, Jigarthanda and Petta argues that Rs 1,000 crore isn’t a target a producer can set and then hit. In his view, any Tamil filmmaker who starts a project determined to…

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