Where have all the “housefull” placards gone?
They are cursing all of us filmmakers for making films that open to empty houses, films with some of the big stars and super-stars failing to draw people to the theatres. There are no house full boards now, there are only empty houses and this will continue till we start making good and entertaining films which gives the audiences their money’s worth. Till then we will continue to live in a dark world.
Pramod Chakravorty-filmmaker

The black market is going through a very lean phase because there are no films which are bringing in the money. The blackwallas have lost their source of income and are looking for other jobs. Rumi Jaffery-writer. The men (and even women) who sold tickets in the black market are blaming filmmakers for making films which are far from entertainment. These days there is no kala bazaar in the bazaar. Dhanda manda hai, the blackwallas say, which needs no description.
Mahesh Manjrekar-director

The audience will never come back like they use to at one time unless we give them good films, good entertainment, some excitement and even some sense.
Satish Bhatnagar-writer

There were times when even the worst film had that huge black board stood outside the gate of the theatre saying that the house was full. These days it happens only once in a way which only means that we are going down the drains. We need to do a lot of soul-searching if we have to save ourselves and avoid being abused by the blackwallas who are now selling vegetables outside the very theatres where they used to rule like kings once.
Sajid Nadiadwala-producer