writerdirector milap milan zaveri talks about the longevity of masala potboilers in an age of criticfriendly ott platforms creative conflict with john abraham why 70s cinema influences him a lot and his upcoming film satyameva jayate 2 excerptsjohn abraham plays a triple role in satyameva jayate 2 its clearly an ambitious project for you one sees the return of 70s melodrama in it with lines like chappan inch ka jigra isnt itsatyameva jayate 2 is a film that wages war against corruption its my tribute tofilmmakers manmohan desaiji prakash mehra subhash ghai rakesh roshanand mukul anand its a tribute to these directors the films they made and that era when cinema was larger than life and heroes had all the good qualities they preached harmony secularism fought evil and corruption and protected women they did it all while entertaining you they sang danced cracked jokes and beat up the bad guys that is the kind of cinema that i grew up on i would go to gaietygalaxy chain of singlescreen theatres with whatever little pocket money i had and i would watch these films look at rohit shettys films today for that matter i dont make films on a scale as big as his but he inspires me to offer over the top entertainment someone might say how can anyone rip a tyre apart but a common man has an alter ego he wants to display that kind of strength they want to see a kind of heroism that gives them an adrenalin rush i want them to feel for that moment that hum bhi hero ban sakte haidid johns sensibility match yours or did you have to convince him to play along i had to convince him john has a physique that looks like he can lift a bike it looks believable he asked me milap how can i tear a tyre or lift a bike in force he picked a bike i told him this time you lift the bike with the rider laughs i remember this was trolled a lot on twitterjohn asked me milap are you sure he has often said that i am his cheat day he generally follows a healthy diet otherwise in terms of his film choices and then theres me he gets to indulge in some masala entertainment with me by nature he leans towards something like a parmanu the story of pokhran batla house or madras cafe i am the one who has brought him to this world of masala heroism nikkhil advani often teases me by saying yaar thode kam punch line likhtheatres have reopened and things have started to look up for the film industry how do you weigh the two scenarios comfort of ott at home versus the moviegoing experiencecinemas are ten thousand times more comfortable than sitting at home this whole notion of how cinemas are over and ott is the way ahead is absolute gibberish the day a big film like sooryavanshi was released you