It
had been a while that I hadn’t seen any Bollywood movies. After the hectic
schedule and running around during the India trip, I settled nicely at my home
back in the Bay and thought what better than to treat myself with some
Bollywood therapy. I was right, I realized I had to do a lot of catching up. I
saw around 10-12 movies back to back and came to just one formula : Loads of
Madness + Some Smooching = Bollywood commercial movie. That’s it .. there is
nothing new to watch , no story, no sensible song, rather no sensibility at all
! We , Indians I think have got pretty much confused in following western
culture and are at a junction where we don’t know “how much is too much “ Till
recent the word “F” was taken with much caution or was being represented with
the word “Fish” . Whereas today, I find this written in one of my friend’s
testimonial on a social networking site that “Finally last Diwali , our best
friend has learnt to use the “F” word. Congratulations, you have graduated dear
“That too when I know she is studying in ninth standard, Kudos!!! All thanks to our films ,which project that if
you use this word often , you are A HERO/HEROINE, the so-called MODERN
gal/dude. By now, I think we should all get ready to listen to our toddlers
saying “F-Off” mom/dad some day . You think I am speaking too much , then just
wait and watch. Walk down the premises of any college and you can listen to the
lovely lingo that they speak with such pride and attitude :P.
Well,
same holds true for smooching. Whether its in films or reality, it has become a
factor of projecting modernism and a ‘bindas’ care-free attitude by youngsters.
So what, who cares, I –care-damn attitude is applauded widely today and
motivated equally. PDA-Public Display of Affection is so much nowadays that I
feel , yaar 5 saal shaadi ki, kuch pyaar hi nahi dikhaya kisiko. Bring your
bedroom on the roads, that’s in , now !! Its no more considered cheap. The
Elegance , sensitivity and maturity that ever existed in the relations have
just evaporated to showbiz style of portrayal of love err so-called love. All
the movies that I saw had one common thing, MADNESS. Whether it was Rockstar ka
Ranbir or Mere Brother ki Dulhan ki Kat , or Preity and Vishal from Mujhse Fraandship
Karoge or the female lead from Rockstar too. They were all shown as crazy ! I
don’t believe these characters!!!! Katrina organizing a rock concert @ Taj, the
other female wanting to be in red light area in Rockstar, the complete
character sketch of Ranbir in rockstar. Well, to an extent, it might be true
that such incidents and life have been led by some stars in their lives and the
movie merely makes an attempt to show the life of characters. But what happens
in reality is every single boy wants to become Ranbir and every single girl
wants to be Katrina. Come on show the real life ! You cant bump into a car and
act crazy to get away from it, you cant just enter red light area and come out
clean , you cant keep on showing your middle finger to anyone and everyone and
escape smoothly, you cant imagine to not have your college Principal present at
the college’s 25th year anniversary when the hero/heroine realize
they are in love and start smooching on the dais , you cant arrange a Rock
Concert @ Taj Mahal , you cant drive down with your boyfriend just a day before
your wedding cos you want to live your life carefree way one last time ! Oh my
god, I can go on and on….. but I am sure there are many people who would
totally disagree with me. And to them I just have one thing to say, to each its
own. But someone has to draw a line somewhere. The way things are being shown
in movies, I don’t have any hopes to ever see little meaningfulness and
maturity in cinema. And definitely in our people too, as we get majorly
affected with movies. We Indians have a peculiar tendency to overdo things and
movies are the best examples to cite and prove.
I
would rather prefer movies with little sensibility like Masoom, Arth, even
commercial ones like Satte pe Satta, Hum hain rahi pyaar ke or Taaren zameen
Pe, Iqbal, Chak de. I don’t mean to say that films should always be serious,
make sensible funny ones , we still remember Angoor, Golmaal(amol palekar’s) or
romantic like Dil hai ki manta nahi, DDLJ, and the likes where people came out with wide
smiles out of the theaters and not getting lost in thinking what to do next to
kill time, as if, their memory has washed off
the movie they just came out of !
I am pretty sure even today if I ask you to sing any one song from the movies
stated above, you would sing it in a split second.. but try playing antakshari
and try singing at least one new movie song ! There you have the answer...you
just cant think of any, why ? Cos not worth remembering , simple J
My
suggestion to moviemakers: Make them memorable and not any more Predictable!
