Glad to see audience accepting all kinds of cinema: Tom Alter

Veteran actor Tom Alter, best known for his role on TV show "Zabaan Sambhalke", feels that both commercial and content-driven movies have finally found their audience.
The 64-year-old actor, who appeared in films like "Kranti", "Parinda" and Vinay Pathak-starrer comedy "Bheja Fry", said the change in the mindset of the viewers is a sign of the times.
"We are breaking away from all the cliches and are accepting movies, which are both conventional and unconventional.
"Audience is accepting different kinds of cinema and this is a very positive change," Alter told PTI here on the sidelines of "Adabi Cocktail", an annual event featuring one poet and one painter in each chapter.

The actor, who was recently seen in Marathi film "Daptar - The School Bag", said cinema in Maharasthra is at its peak now. While praising regional cinema, Alter said that though it lacks in budget it makes up in content.
"Marathi films are brilliant and are doing very good. As someone from Maharashtra, it makes me feel very happy. Since the budget is tight and they (regional filmmakers) make less movies, the emphasis is on making better films," said Alter, who also starred in the hit Gujrati film "Kevi Reti Jaish".
Alter turned poet for "Adabi Cocktail" and recited poetic works of Nida Sahib at the event.

"Forty years ago, when I met Dilip Kumar, I asked him the secret of acting. He replied, 'poetry'. Poetry is soul, it adds depth in you. It is not philosophical but simple," the actor shared his thoughts on poetry.