India, Aug. 8 -- Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, known for his outspoken views and hard-hitting films, has once again stirred the pot, this time calling out the lack of new talent, the star-kid obsession, and the broken economics of the Indian film industry.

In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Vivek said, "It is because there has been no new talent entering the film industry. A common man cannot make an entry. If Shah Rukh Khan comes today and if he can't speak English or belong to an elite background, how would he make an entry to a studio? If your criteria is to have this many followers on Instagram and then on that basis your acting will be judged, then how will a person from Kanpur, Jhansi or Vishakhapatnam? He will not be able to make...