Intellectual Wannabes

like every thing else in this country our film Industry is diverse. And it is actually required when you have such a diverse audience, with different preferences. But the recent success of the critically ridiculed Kambakth Ishk has really made me think. Are we really comfortable to compromise our sensibilities, just for some cheap laughs. ofcourse there is also the paia wasool factor involved, you don't want to spend 200 rs for 2 hrs and not even get to laugh. This dangerous outlook of the audience has boosted the confidence of some creatively impaired film makers to make more moves. but the sad part is that even talented ones want to get a piece of it.

its a vicious cycle. stupid films make more money which is used to make even more stupid films, with bigger budget. its like the situation with Bihar and Lalu, one is the reason for another. It is not like we have any scarcity of talented film makers, so I don't understand the reason why our filmmakers are incapable of making sensible films is it just the risky tastes of the Indian audience or simply the lack of creativity. The one very useful thing I've learned while doing theater is that when it comes to exploiting human emotions, sadness is the easiest (as compared to fear or humor or thrill). the entire soup opera Industry is based on this formula. all Indian families like to curl up in the evening and shed tears for the poor stereotype tormented bahus and betis. the audience never gets tired of the them. some people thought that it wasn't enough so they showered us with reality shows having participants with leaky tear glands.

Then there are the "inspired" types, these are the ones that make me really angry, when they manipulate and mutilate the classic Hollywood stuff and and reduce it to their retarded perceptions. its a big insult to the "actual" film makers.
and when it comes to actors the one thing I've notice about Hollywood is that most of the acclaimed ones are generally not of the typical outrageously handsome types that we find here, take for example Tom Hanks, Russel Crowe, Matt Damon, kevin spacey. a proof that talent is preferred over looks. or rather talent is accepted to looks.
generally the opening day collections are governed by the type of publicity done and hype involved, this depends on the good will of the director or the actor involved. In Bollywood thats all that we depend upon. a movie hardly survives through the opening week unless it has Ghajni type publicity involved.

Although There are some film makers whose work I really wait for like Kabir Khan, Imtiaz ali, Madhur Bhandarkar, Raj kumar Hirani, V. Bhradwaj, its obvious that when it comes to films our taste buds are different to theirs. we like our movies with exaggerations and random coincidences, we like to leave reality to the real world and let fantasies take center stage. but the recent change in trend of these masala movie makers going for serious and sensitive topics can be dangerous. take for example the recent released "New York". it has gone too far with the whole American retaliation to 9/11 thing, showing an innocent Muslim turning to terrorism and almost blowing up the FBI headquarters. its true that it may not have made the same money had it lacked the senseless action. but it is disappointing to see that good film makers are ready to sacrifice their quality to satisfy the appetite of the curry loving junta.