Monday, February 13, 2012

The death of Bollywood

Why should I care if you lost your job when you can still drive an open car in Mumbai,get drunk in the world's most expensive places and go for a spa! Yes, folks my life's precious few hours were wasted on this gaudy monstrosity called Ek Main Aur Ek Tu, the name of which was based on the number of people that were supposed to watch this movie. I thought freedom for an average Indian meant getting to eat at all, little did I know that it actually meant to make a choice of whether to use chopsticks or hands while eating. Previously, Karan Johar only used to buy Filmfare Awards, it seems he has extended his reach to buying the film reviews as well.My frustration is not directed only at this movie but to this genre/director/producer/karan johar/shahrukh khan in general. Please explain to me why a Bollywood movie should be thought out and made from bottom up in Vegas/Spain/Germany/The Moon. A decade ago it would just be a song or two which would be fine because everyone's eyes would be concentrating on the landscape of the actress rather than that of the background. Are Spain's mountains more beautiful than the Himalayas/Nilgiris? Is the sport where you get killed by the bulls in Spain grander than "Jallikattu"?
I know what the problem is. This new generation of actors living on the new found richness of their parents(who were also actors) have lived all their lives abroad, as a pseudo Indian ,aping all the things western. So, they do not know what a life of an average Indian looks like. Hence, all their movies are rip offs of Hollywood and made in US/Europe which the Indian can neither relate to nor tolerate.
I would rather prefer watching those hindi soaps on star plus/sony. At least they stick to their script of the Indian family, although they do change the name of their serials once a while.
The effect of all this neglect towards India is pretty clear if you switch to the movie channels on your TV(zee cinema/sony/sahara filmy). A dubbed version of a Telugu movie is all there to be seen on primetime, matinee or any other time. If these movies are getting more TRPs than the Bollywood ones, that's saying a lot. There is a reason "Why this kolaveri di" got more hits than "chikni chameli" on youtube,it touched more hearts than the semi nude katrina kaif ever could.
How hard can it be to stop badnaaming the munnis, stop the chikni chamelis from getting their pahuas and get back to what Bollywood stands for, pure, undiluted India.


PS:I suggest a pre-production approval board on the lines of censor board to allow whether our precious weekend money should be spent on a cricket match and bag of chips or popcorn and Bollywood.

2 comments:

Ameya said...

Shaant gadhadhari bhim, shaant.

Sruthi Muralidharan said...

This is too little anger for the craziness of the movie we endured... Kudos!!