India, Aug. 11 -- Journalist-turned-filmmaker Pratim D Gupta recently penned a long post on Instagram about how Vijay Sethupathi and Sai Pallavi shooting in Kolkata got more attention than Mani Ratnam returning to the city or shooting with cinematographer Avik Mukhopadhyay. Actor Hrithik Roshan commented on his post, seemingly agreeing that the audience is addicted to stardom rather than to love for cinema.

In a long post, Pratim called the way cinema is celebrated in India 'heartbreaking'. He wrote that Mani returned to Kolkata to shoot a film after Yuva, but the focus remained on Sethupathi and Pallavi. He also called out how nobody seemed to care that Mani was collaborating with Avik, a three-time National Award winner. The cinematogr...