Mumbai, April 22 -- With multiple high-budget Hindi films posting disappointing Box-Office collections and movies on OTT seen to be attracting more viewers, renowned film producer Anand Pandit has sought to attribute the current rough patch of Bollywood to a lack of originality from filmmakers as well as a forceful inclusion of item songs in recent years.

in an interview to ANI on Tuesday, Pandit recalled the era of Salim-Javed when films did spectacularly well at the Box Office just on the basis of the credit rolls.

"I think there are two to three reasons. Earlier films were made, now more projects are made. Earlier, we writers and directors used to focus more on creative people," said Pandit.

He continued, "You must have seen a time ...