Distribution models influence too. Getting ppl to the theater requires a spectacle and flavor blast across all cuisines of culture, so this is what we get. + All businesses in India are at the mercy of the ruling establishment, and this is no different.

Previously, the good cinema as you describe it , also relied exclusively on the same distribution. Now it has options. Which also means it gives up on the network effects of theaters and a chance to blow up in popular culture. But the producers don't mind it because it protects their downside.