Saw a few people on TV last night crying over the state of our drama on tv, and similar cries have been heard about the state of our cinema*. From a historical standpoint, one can argue that since liberation (1971), the business minded, with the help of a corrupted avenue, and the blessings of a silent intellectual mass (probably very small) has taken all steps to spoil all avenues of our 'culture' - literature, cinema, drama, and music.
* Though, some cry, there are enough sponsors out there to push the status quo of cheap/expensive cinema with the same old stories wound this way and that. As you can see below, there are TV shows that are created such as 'Star Night' where they'll showcase the ONE 'hero' of our film industry!
As the analysts argue and cry, the statements that they pose usually are as such:
* We don't have a good budget
* Bollywood is stealing the show (and again, we don't have their budget)
Only recently did I hear someone put blame where it made a bit more sense:
1. Our stories are not good enough to attract viewers!
2. As far as TV is concerned, the sponsors take up a ridiculous amount of time from the actual show!
3. Again, concerning TV - there are just too many stations (more than 7) out there! how would people choose what to watch!?
It all boils down to two things - which are really two sides of one coin - Greed & Corruption. We've chased the money for so long and established so much around it that we fail to have any 'art' here, and fail to have 'class' or 'creativity' in our entertainment. From the interview of Sakib Khan (No. 1) one could see that is our unfortunate reality.
Related:
Bullets of Bollywood
End of Show for Movie Theatres?
* Though, some cry, there are enough sponsors out there to push the status quo of cheap/expensive cinema with the same old stories wound this way and that. As you can see below, there are TV shows that are created such as 'Star Night' where they'll showcase the ONE 'hero' of our film industry!
As the analysts argue and cry, the statements that they pose usually are as such:
* We don't have a good budget
* Bollywood is stealing the show (and again, we don't have their budget)
Only recently did I hear someone put blame where it made a bit more sense:
1. Our stories are not good enough to attract viewers!
2. As far as TV is concerned, the sponsors take up a ridiculous amount of time from the actual show!
3. Again, concerning TV - there are just too many stations (more than 7) out there! how would people choose what to watch!?
It all boils down to two things - which are really two sides of one coin - Greed & Corruption. We've chased the money for so long and established so much around it that we fail to have any 'art' here, and fail to have 'class' or 'creativity' in our entertainment. From the interview of Sakib Khan (No. 1) one could see that is our unfortunate reality.
Related:
Bullets of Bollywood
End of Show for Movie Theatres?
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