Updated On: 23 November, 2019 08:10 AM IST | Mumbai | IANS
These days a film's fate is decided by the opening weekend box-office numbers, which was not the case earlier, noted Arshad Warsi

File image of Arshad Warsi. Image sourced from mid-day archives
When he started off in Bollywood almost 30 years ago, all an actor needed to do was act. Now the scenario has changed. Actors are no longer just ‘actors. They are ‘products. They are ‘commodities that need to be ‘sold, feels Arshad Warsi.
Warsi started off as an assistant director to Mahesh Bhatt in "Kaash" (1987). He also worked as a choreographer before finally making his debut as an actor with "Tere Mere Sapne" in 1996.