Indie films' festival success not a guarantee of release: Suri

Actor Sanjay Suri says it is very difficult to predict the commercial release of an indie movie going by its reception in films festivals as its audience is "lazy."

Sanjay, who has mostly featured in indie films like "Jhankaar Beats", "My Brother... Nikhil" and "Sorry Bhai", says while the market for Indie films has definitely widened, it is still difficult to get audiences to the theatre.

"The market has started opening up slowly for sure but this audience is a lazy audience. The rush at the festivals does not guarantee that the film will be commercially released. It has happened to many films," Sanjay told

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)