Only the return of big Bollywood entertainers will enable the revival of the big screen, after the lull induced by the Coronavirus pandemic, feels filmmaker Farah Khan.

“When people come out of the pandemic and go to the theatre, they’ll want to go to watch a big-ticket entertaining film because everything else I’m getting to watch while I sit in my bedroom,” Khan says, adding, “So, if I’m going to take time out of my life, wear a mask and get into a theatre with other people, it better be paisa vasool entertainment.”

According to the choreographer-filmmaker, the “big fat entertainers” will definitely come back for the theatre goers. “Because I’m happily watching small and medium films on the OTT platforms, and I’m loving that. But the big feel and experience, that I want to watch on the big screen. I may go to the big screen only to experience that,” admits the 56-year-old.

And to buttress her theory, she goes on to highlight the success stories of Hollywood films such as Godzilla vs. Kong and Wonder Woman 1984, both of which released earlier this year.

“They worked because that’s something you want to go and watch on the big screen. At least initially, when there will be a little trepidation and hesitation, you’ll want to go to watch a big fat Bollywood entertainer,” Khan tells us.

Talking about the opening revelry and hoopla of Bollywood films on the big screen, of which she has mastered the art, with films such as Main Hoon Na (2004), Om Shanti Om (2007), and Happy New Year (2014) being the case in point. So, when can we expect her next project?

“I’ve learnt that it is better to announce when the project starts and it’s the first day of the shoot. There are so many times when the press leaks it out when you’re just thinking about it,” says the filmmaker, currently judging a virtual talent-hunt reality show.

Khan adds that at times she gets shocked “when people announce details about her project at a time when there’s no clarity on what will happen next” in life.