Bengali superstar Prosenjit: To support experimental films, potboilers have to work

Mumbai, July 30 The superstar of Bengali film industry, Prosenjit Chatterjee, who has thrived across genres over three decades, says commercial, big-budget cinema has to earn money at the box office not only for the growth of the industry but also to support experimental, arthouse fare.

"I am one of those actors who are in the belief that in order to encourage experimental storytelling, commercial cinema has to work. Yes, with time, the language of commercial cinema has to change, but big-budget commercial potboilers have to work for the economic growth of our film industry," Prosenjit told .

"When I started my career in cinema, and went on to be the lead actor in mainstream masala films, the budget used to be around rupees 20 lakh. When I left such mainstream work and shifted my gear to content-driven cinema, and worked with Ritu

( With inputs from IANS )