New Delhi: Veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has sounded a powerful warning about the future of cinema after the massive 83-billion-dollar Netflix–Warner merger. In a deeply emotional reflection to News9’s Bharti Dubey, he said, comparing Hollywood’s panic to the growing fear in Mumbai’s film trenches, where storytellers feel platforms and algorithms are slowly closing the gates on traditional cinema.

Yet, even as he worries about control, data, and disappearing theatres, Bhatt insists this is not the time for despair—but a moment to “dream outrageously” again. Dig in to know his opinions on the Netflix–Warner merger.

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