It's believed that the situation is even bad for media pass outs from professional institutes.
Due to the boom in the industry earlier, people coming from any sector were absorbed to fill up the vacancies. But with the current situation, only trained professionals with some sound experience will get the jobs.
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Talking about your movies, do you think the critics were unkind towards Yuvvraaj?
For the critics, they do not take their responsibilities in the right sense. They are the teachers of the audiences and their job is to enlighten and educate. But they get personal and start writing things that are not meant to be written in reviews.

My dear friend Khalid Mohammad wrote that I should go back to making Saudagar and Ram Lakhan and stop experimenting with my movies.

It's also interesting to see this part of the profession.

So does that motivate or de-motivate you?
All the bad things that have been written about me motivate me to make better films. Everything is so dicey here. If I give one hit in the coming times, everybody will start saying 'we knew he had the talent'.

These are seasonal judgments without any convictions and keep on changing. And I was so bored with the praise for so many years, that the criticism came as a good change.

Coming to the film festival, how do you rate PIFF?
It's the right platform to introduce world cinema to the younger generation irrespective the profession they come from. The fact remains that cinema has broaden the horizon.