Cinema

I think motion pictures are a great gift of the 20th century. The ability to capture movements and sound, and replay it forever. Motion pictures enable to be entertained at our comfort. Wonderful isn't it, to be able to much popcorn, soda and watch a flick!

I have come to an agreement that movies are a good reflection of the society that it has been made for. It can be translated as demand and the market has to meet its demand. Thus, it reflects the motivation, intelligence of that society it has been made for.

* Bollywood(Hindi cinema) and the other major cinematic hubs (Tamil - Kollywood, Telugu - Tollywood, Bengali, Kannada, and Malayalam) constitute the broader Indian film industry, whose output is the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced and in number of tickets sold.

I am most fascinated by the subject of love, and about why that has haunted Indian cinema for as long as I can think! Indian movies are obsessed with the concept of a love movie..Movie Plots employ ingredients such as star-crossed lovers, angry parents, love triangles, corrupt politicians, kidnappers, conniving villains, courtesans with hearts of gold, long-lost relatives and siblings separated by fate, and convenient coincidences. There is love, there is dejection, that is misunderstanding, and there is reunion, usually amongst 3 people. As recent as last evening, I ended up watching one more of these productions called : "The Gangster - A love story". I think to myself, that is irony right there!

What is cinema trying to teach? In reality, Familes haven't changed their prespectives towards their kids choosing their life partners for the most part. This holds true for a the urban populus as much as for the rest of the country. In this case, Cinema is a good representation of reality. There has to be a strong reason because there hardly exists any other themes that have attracted the attention of the masses. A nation that prides itself on producing more engineers in a single state than the entire united states put together lacks to motivate people to put together or watch a good comedy, a decent thriller, a nice science fiction or so much, a heart warming love story.

Most of my time watching such movies is spent browsing the internet (if i am at home). I pay to be entertained, right? ...certainly, looking at a predictable thought for the 50th time certainly motivates me to think, when will i decide to stop watching such movies; that thought is entertaining.

I have come to a conclusion that I primarily watch vernacular movies to relive old memories and look at some background pictures from some of the towns in india. Thats worth the 2 pennies i spend.

(*) Credits - Wikipedia