Mumbai, Feb. 22 -- In the last five to six years, cinema has changed dramatically. There has been a clear shift towards films driven by mass appeal and heightened violence. The success of projects like 'Animal', 'Marco', and 'Dhurandhar' indicates that the audience of today has high tolerance for violence, provided they are engaged by the story. But the question remains: how much violence is too much?

The same question was posed in front of Vishal Bharadwaj during his interview with ANI. Bharadwaj is known to showcase violence and blood shed with an aesthetic lens. Films like 'Maqbool', and 'Haider' had their share of 'mar dhaad', but it never stuck out like a sore thumb because of the engaging story.

Bharadwaj, whose latest release O'R...