10 Bollywood Directors Who Should Give Up Directing Films

A part of the famous Bhatt camp, Vikram was launched by his uncles in 1993 with the film ‘Jaanam’ which was his debut directorial. Since then he did struggle for a few years before becoming successful in directing films like ‘Raaz’ series and ‘Aawara Paagal Deewana’. For the last decade or so he has given some horrific erotic and horror flicks which have bombed badly at the box-office. Its time he hangs up his boots and gives fresh talent a chance.

The showman who was hailed as one of Bollywood’s top directors of the 80’s and 90’s continues to produce and direct films under his home production banner Mukta Arts. Off late his films like ‘Yuvvraaj’, ‘Black & White’ and ‘Kaanchi: The Unbreakable’ performed badly at the cash counters which are ample proof that his time is over but seems like he may like to give it a shot.

If not for his elder brother Salman Khan’s backing up, Sohail Khan would’ve never made it as a director. Though he did also try his hand at acting and writing but none of them really deserved applause. His only saving grace being ‘Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya’ which did good business but his ‘Jai Ho’ and ‘Freaky Ali’ were a big letdown, though ‘Jai Ho’ made it to the 100-crore club due to Salman’s box-office power.

Sajid Khan might boast of having directed the two ‘Houseful’ series and ‘Heyy Babyy’ which did good business but his ‘Himmatwala’ and ‘Humshakals’ are enough proof that he needs to reinvent himself at the earliest and stop living in the past. He might be helming the fourth installment of the ‘Houseful’ franchise but the film will decide his fate for sure.

The maverick technically brilliant film maker who gave us some cult films like ‘Shiva’, ‘Satya’, ‘Sarkar’ and ‘Bhoot’ seems to have lost it in the last few years or so. Sticking to the horror and underworld genre and making sequels to his successful flicks might not be any good for him as he has been given enough opportunities. He’ll be a hard nut to call it a day.

One of the most popular director’s of the 90’s who gave us ‘Dil’, ‘Beta’, ‘Raja’ and ‘Masti’ seems to have moved on to sleazy stuff and continues in vain to regain his Midas touch. Indra Kumar also being a producer should give breaks to young upcoming directors instead of trying to make a comeback with his beaten to death storylines.

He last directed ‘Joker’ which sank without a trace. Known more for being Farah Khan’s editor husband, Shirish hasn’t really proved his worth in whatever he has churned out so far. Though he has been making a mark in some short films on YouTube but in case he’s trying to reinvent himself by directing a full-fledged masala film, then he needs to rethink. Maybe he should be content as an editor to his wife’s films.

The writer turned director was touted as one of the most promising director in the new wave cinema segment but unfortunately Anurag has fallen short of expectations. His ‘Bombay Velvet’ and ‘Raman Raghav’ debacle might be hard to forget which might as well serve as food for though. His ‘Phantom Films’ banner and an occasional negative role here or there should be enough to see him through.

As per last what we heard from Anil Sharma is that he is already on to his next film ‘Genius’ in which he’ll be launching his son in a full-fledged role. His claim to fame remains ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ after which he hardly came up with anything memorable. He seriously needs to give up film making and instead handle his production house. If ‘Genius’ fails at the box-office it should be curtains for him as far as direction goes.

Last but not the least, the one-time blue-eyed boy of Dharma Productions is finding the going tough as far as directing films are concerned. Nikhil Advani would have given two back-to-back duds in the form of ‘Hero’ and ‘Katti Batti’ last year, but he needs to desperately think of concentrating on his production house and allow budding directors a chance.