India, June 17 -- Continued from P1 While Anurag Kashyap today is unhappy with Indian films not being prioritised over Hollywood films, there was a time when both filmmakers and theatres would have a dialogue. Recalling the release of his 2014 film Ugly alongside Rajkumar Hirani's PK starring Aamir Khan, he shares, "Ugly released in France before India. It came out on Blu-ray and subsequently got on pirate websites, so we had to rush the release back home. At that time, PK was running so many shows in cinemas. I made a call to (producers) Siddharth Roy Kapur, Ronnie Screwvala and Raju Hirani, and they made sure that our film at least got three shows when we finally released it. That time is gone now." The filmmaker acknowledges the business aspect of theatrical releases. "They (theatres) want to make money, and right now Obsession is working. But I believe Obsession can survive with five shows, and people will still see it. If not today, they will see it tomorrow," reasons the 53-year-old. He finds the treatment of regional films to be considerably better. For instance, Maharashtra has made it compulsory for all theatres in the state to screen Marathi films four weeks a year, and to allocate at least one show in the prime time slot. "Regional films take pride in their cinema and make sure they showcase their local cinema, whether it's Kannada films in Karnataka, Telugu films in Andhra Pradesh or Malayalam films in Kerala. They show pride in their local films and they give them that many shows. But that doesn't happen for Hindi because Hindi is spread out." He emphasises that Hindi films need backing from viewers in metropolitan cities, as there is no outlined support for them. "The kind of films being made need an urban audience," he ends....