The fact that you need to deal with uncivic assholes in movie theatres doesnt help either

I think the exorbitant cost of the multiplex theatres at least in cities like Bangalore doesn’t help either. For a family of four, I have seen that it costs almost like ₹2000-₹3000 for a movie outing in a shopping mall if you include snacks as well. Also, I think people have become much more smarter thanks to exposure to OTT. I think Aamir’s next movie (remake of champions) might meet the same fate as his previous remake of Forrest Gump!

Problem is that movies now release on OTT in 4 weeks time. Additionally, there is so much OTT exclusive content as well. Hence, people just don't care about going to theaters as much anymore. We have hit/super hit movies still, but the number of them have reduced. We hardly get many average/above average grossers now. People have largely stopped going to movie halls just for the sake of watching movies there now like it used to be before.

I think the impact is more pronounced for our desi movies as the market is very limited and access to capital is not as easy. I’m not sure if it’s already the case but I think in future producers in India will first secure a OTT deal and then go to theatres. Which means the movies will be made with much lower budgets and mostly catering to requirements of the OTT platform!

Agree but i also think it's a worldwide problem