Bollywood Aftermath

Late 1940s to the 1960s was considered as the "Golden Age" for Indian Cinema. Some of the most critically acclaimed films were made during this period. It was the time of portrayal of Idealism on Celluloid to establish ideologies that people could imbibe in their real lives.

Then came the time for modern cinema from the late 1960s to early 1980s where the rebellious image of an "Angry Young Man" was established to give people strength to fight for their rights and against injustice.

During the late 1980s to 2000s the pendulum swung back to the family centric romantic musicals where serene love was portrayed with some commercial viability and the soaring box office figures started fascinating the producers.

Bollywood's progress was a parabola facing upwards in terms of content as well as economy. Even without a high pixel density, the cinema had the power to form people's opinion and inject doses of human values and ethics whenever required. But the dimensions of visual media were yet to be explored.

Recently, with the progress of Science & Technology, and the advent of Ultra high Definition Cameras and Retina display, the impact became clearer, quality of sound improved and Virtual Images became indispensable part of our lives.

With the onset of time, as the pixel density of the picture increased, the thought carried by the movie decreased and the "Content" part of the movie was compromised in the race of capitalistic ideas. Films were being appreciated for their reach to a wider audience, over the "thought" they communicated.

As the social media prevailed, success became a chain reaction and a direct link was established for the fans. Selling of underrated, mediocre ideas became much easier due to a flexible market. The content quality was lowered to the requirements of the inferior taste of the audience.

Bollywood's Aim, which could have been to improve the intellectual standards of the people was burnt at the stake and people were served deliberately with abusive language, item numbers, cheap slogans to titillate their minds & bring out the devil hidden inside them. Female were objectified to corrupt people, taking the western culture as a shield. Although Hollywood movies built an audience with patience; Bollywood preferred quick profits over training the masses.

Social Image and market value of celebrities were exploited by the directors and even small achievements were awarded with national awards. Appreciation of work seems a good idea to keep a person motivated. But when it is done at an underachiever level, then comes a problem of falling short of role models. A debutant with a single movie becomes an epitome of success and people aspire to be at that susceptible position. People want to establish their place in industry not by their work, but by their popularity charts. 

Quick success seems a dream for everyone and therefore the long lastingness in the industry becomes difficult. As a result they become a part of a Supply Chain where they are Highly Replaceable thereby turning into a mere Commodity in a Society lacking essential thrust for Excellence.

Criticisms could be unending, but as a consumer we can only learn to appreciate real art over mediocrity.

MARD Analysed

I was a very Happy Child who used to watch Cartoons and then gradually shifted to Mtv (a music channel which plays music no more). With the passage of time, knowing about the worldly affairs became quite necessary and very reluctantly I started watching News and reading Newspapers.

Only then I could realise that the World is Harsher than the Brutal Roadies episode and Injustice, Poverty, Hunger are the problems which the people have been facing. Out of them all the most brutal of these is RAPE. It represents a sick mind Incorporated with Pervert Mentality and Human Objectification. Awareness about the worldly affairs and its shortcomings made me think- Why does this happen ? The only answer that I could get from others is that "The World is a Bitter Place to be in".

But I couldn't be convinced with just a generalised statement so I went on to think about their Root Cause and the Factors affecting the increasing Rape in our country.So I analysed it from the scratch. According to a Survey the Child Sex ratio has dropped down to 914 females per 1000 men in 2011. Female Foeticide rates in India increased by 49.2%.

The statistics are enough to tell us that it is our typical mentality that a male child is an asset and a female child is a burden, which has lead us to this situation. Families didn't prefer a girl child and therefore an imbalance was created between the sex ratio. So we had more number of males than females.

In our indian society which doesn't support live-in relationships and makes marriage almost a compulsory event, to have a dignified image in the society. Also then we have the great dowry system which then makes the girl child absolutely undesirable.

The rest of the males who were destined not to get married because of the Imbalance in the Scales had not even been given an opportunity to Mate. Those who were rich got to romantic places to channelise their extra energy, although being rich automatically made their survival easier. So the problem with the rest of the Indian males persisted.

With the advancement of technology in medical sector, we could determine the sex of the child but it proved as an Unnecessary Evil. It is we who started creating a disruption in the environmental cycle. Not that I am trying to defend those Ruthless people who are mentally unfit, but what if we can analyse the problem to permanently eradicate it. 

No, I am not suggesting to legalise prostitution and run our economy with it. But if we stop knowing the sex of the child and stop female foeticide and save the girl child then we can make this world a better place to live. But just praising girl child will not help. We need to bring revolutionary changes in our society like treating the girl equally in every respect and give an equal chance for both the sexes to progress.

On further analysis our so called Bollywood which contributes $6.2 billion to our GDP has lowered its standards for a majority of population by Objectifying Women by introducing "Item Songs". This may seem a senseless point now but when you go to a low budget theatre and listen to what our movies have forced our men to think in a glorified manner, the need for an urgent change can be felt.

Its only we, the future generation of our country who can form Opinion and change the Mentality of the Society by having strong ethical standards of our own !!

Career Counselling From Strangers

So as usual, I go to a party and Surprisingly I find a lot of Elderly people there. Normally I thought it as a chance to boast about my Convincing Skills by participating in various discussions. But now recently I have started getting scared of the Grey Haired Men and Ponytail Aunties.

Although I have crossed the Rebellious Puberty phase of my life, But I guess this is one of another dangerous situation for me when people start asking me: "What am I doing these days. Usually I am quite well prepared for such questions as I keep on doing random stuff everyday. Although  I prefer deviating the topic to some Current Affair or some Technology stuff whereby I am sure of knowing much more than the Salt Pepper Man in front of me.

What really shifts my equilibrium is the subsequent question: "Beta Kya Socha hai Life Mein"

and my entire routine of intellectual bullshit accompanied by some Flattery goes off the track and completely freaks me out.

Hence I really sat down, not for the purpose of knowing, What do I want to do with my life ? But simply for the purpose of finding an answer to such a Publicly Customary question. May be giving myself the thought that, I'll do something at least wasn't enough this time. If this was the case I would have to scan the place where I go every time to avoid such situations.

I really started thinking that why do Elders ask me these kind of questions at all...Why am I being made the Centre of the Universe. What fault did I commit in my childhood, that I had to face such a harsh situation ?

Then I just got my answer and I realised that this was absolutely my fault that a stranger comes to me and talks about what I wanted to become.

In childhood when anyone asked me "Beta what is your name?"

My, Rather Our Entire Generations Answer used to be: "My name is this_, I study in Class this_, In this_ public school, My class teachers name is this_ and My Roll number is this_.

People were Impressed by the Fluency of speech along with the Confidence accompanied by the innocence we possessed once. Thats where I got my answer, we spoiled our elders by giving them Information they never wanted to know and now they just want to know: What do you want to do with your Life, thats not too much to ask...is it ?

But on writing so much and going behind several aspects has made me really wonder, What am I going to do ????

Isn't One Life Enough ?

The home page of Flipkart advertised a book called "One Life Is Not Enough" by Mr. Natwar Singh revealing several things about the Gandhi Family. So I just looked for the book as to how thick is it ? and It turned out to be sufficiently within my reading capacity. Also my Indian tendencies were captured by a 15% discount. Although I was not interested in reading Political Revelations, but couldn't help it from the value for money aspect. 

Also the trending #NatwarSingh hashtags on Twitter made me dive-in more for the facts that the author wishes to reveal. First I thought him to be a new "Trojan Subramanyam Swami". But then I realised that people are so damm scared, Be it in School or in College or in Real Life. In School the Headmaster scares us with the stick. In College, students are Wooed with attendance and in Real Life people are threatened by death.

Mr. Natwarlal at the age of 83 revealed the truths about Sonia Gandhi and much of the Gandhi family and how inefficient and passionless Rahul Baba is. But from instincts we all knew that, & also we have made a lot of jokes about the Silence of Manmohan Singh, the Italianness of Sonia Gandhi and ROFL Rahul Gandhi too. As a matter of fact Congress has been in limelight via negative publicity which BJP has taken a good advantage of.

On remembering Batman Begins I first thought Mr. Natwar Singh to be a Bruce Wayne who stands for Justice, despite the evil intentions of his master, saves the city from destroying. But as I wondered, there was no bravery in telling these things to the world when Nothing was at Stake. You dont become a Julian Assange or Edward Snowden just by exhumation of the Dead.

The real strength lies when you fight against the Dynasty during their tenure and saving India from wrong decisions. We may make a lot of Kejriwal jokes, call him a racist. But the end of the day we need to realise that standing against Black Money is not racism. He may be making a lot of mistakes but he is not a Critic who comments from the back seat.

My transition of thought form Batman Begins to Wikileaks to Kejriwal have now made me believe that I am totally wrong. Writing such books is no Bravery Its like hitting the Principal's Car with a stone on the last day of your School.

As I have read the book early enough so I am thinking of returning back the book to flipkart through their return policy....Just Kidding flipkart...I am a loyal customer.