Everything is copied from either South or Hollywood
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I recently saw the trailer of the much anticipated movie- Kedarnath.
And something which I intuitively wanted to see was how sensitively it deals and addresses the tragedy of the Kedarnath floods.
Well! Let’s have a quick, IMPORTANT fact check
It was an event which sent waves of emotional trauma across the lengths and breadths of our nation.
It was an incident mourned by people.
So many families were seperated, children became parentless and what not.
It was one of the worst tragedies of India in the 21st century.
In a nutshell,
THE FLOODS AT KEDARNATH WERE A FREAKING TRAGEDY AND NOT A HYPOTHETICAL PLOT TO SET UP YET ANOTHER LOVE STORY.
But, but, but, our Bollywood pays very little, I should rather say, the least bit of mercy towards events with a traumatic past.
Digging up a love story at every and any place IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
Bollywood, please learn to respect the sentiments of the people who feed your industry.
A steamy kissing scene to grab eyeballs won’t do any good.
If you really had plans to make a movie on this tragedy, you should have done it on the real life heroes who saved people during that peak time of hopelessness- be it Army, NGOs, individuals who saved even a single life!
That would have earned you much more respect in the eyes of the audience than a love story set in a tragic setting against your stereotypical popular idea of sensationalising every issue.
With the tagline ‘Love is a pilgrimage’, the film is reportedly a unique love story of a Muslim pithoo (Sushant) and a Hindu tourist (Sara), set in the backdrop of the Uttarakhand floods that left the state devastated in 2013.
An incident which left more than 5000 people dead, 22,000 stranded is not something that should be go down the history as one on which a freakin' love story was made.
Just for a moment stop tainting every serious issue with a romantic lens.
Not every issue is meant to be romanticised and sold to the masses.
Respect the emotional upheaval and painful memories people have with such a sorrowful incident.
Grow up Bollywood.
Footnotes:
Kedarnath is not an everyday love story, says producer Pragya Kapoor
Kedarnath poster: Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan rework Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol’s DDLJ pose
FEMINISM
Bollywood movies have a warped understanding of the term Feminism. I have come across a lot of instances in Bollywood movies that purport feminism but actually end up making the audience cringe.
This is a scene from the movie Ye Jawaani Hai Dewaani.
The girl suddenly turns back and starts reprimanding the kid standing behind her for apparently staring at her legs. She makes him apologise in front of everyone and orders him to go to a different counter.
And then look at what she does.
The kid is literally minding his own business. She goes and harasses him by pinching his waist!
Dafaq? That’s manhandling and touching without consent. The kid may or may not have stared at her legs, but she legitimately harassed and bullied him in front of everyone. The same situation with the roles reversed cannot be imagined (and of course, shouldn’t happen either)!
Dear Bollywood,
Feminism IS standing up to men.
Feminism IS NOT bullying men.
Edit: Oh my goodness. I can't believe the coincidence
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And when , 2008 recession came, economic slowdown resulted in downfall of airline industries and as already Kingfisher airlines was in loss, it started losing its customers .Fuel prices hiked and Vijay Mallya was unable to pay the loans and salaries of employees.
These are the few reasons which resulted in the downfall of Kingfisher Airlines and hence Vijay Mallya.
Source : क्यों डूबी Kingfisher Airlines Case Study by Dr Vivek Bindra
I am a south Indian. I have watched very less number of Bollywood movies.
People say that there is a lot of Nepotism in Bollywood. I don't believe that would be a real concern.
I strongly believe that a movie whether to be Hit or flop is entirely depends upon audience.
Let me say a few examples from tollywood.
He is Bellamkonda Srinivas son of Bellamkonda Suresh,a big producer in tollywood.
He did nine movies with his worst acting.
Almost none of the film's went well at box office. It is very clear that people denied him.
Below is AlluArjun son of a big producer Allu Aravind. He is from Megastar family which produced almost 8 heroes from his family.
But his movies are very good and went well at box office as he proved his capability in acting. So people encouraged him. Same with the case of Mahesh Babu, NTR, RamCharan, Nag Chaitanya, etc.
It entirely depends on people (audience) whether to accept a good movie/ actor or not.
I have watched some very good movies in Bollywood still they didn't got any recognition as much as Salman khan movies.
Movie: Section 375 ,A legal drama
Budget: 20 Crores
Collection: 22 Crores
Movie : Tumbbad
Of course, there are many underrated movies.
Finally all I wanted to say is nepotism is everywhere. It's not something which is only in Bollywood industry. In final what matters is whether you have watched/ enjoyed a good movie or not.
Edit1:
Movie : Student of the year 2
Budget: 80Crores
Box office Collection: Whooping 109 crores.
My concern is, if this movie is not at all true when compared to reality, then why everyone watched it? 🤣🤣
The reason is you enjoyed this movie. It may be it's production values, songs, dance or fights. You enjoyed something in this movie but you complaining here (quora) that SOY2 is shot & Bollywood is not producing good movies. Lol
Edit 2: People are again saying that due to their influence these stars use to survive in industry even though they are not at all good at acting skills, dance etc. I agree that. But my point is different. We don't spend money to go to theatre for a small movie. We watch it from prime or other platforms. But we watch these privileged star movies from theatres. That's what I am saying. It Completely depends on audience whether to encourage them or not. Bellamkonda Srinivas may be a good person I have just cited him as an example don't think otherwise. And moreover nepotism is not just in movie industry. It lies in every industry. But we only talk about cinema industry as it is in more lime light when compared to others.
And I am glad that now a days people are encouraging even small budget movies with good content in our industry (tollywood).
Bollywood doesn’t know any place other than Mumbai and Awadh.
With respect of South India, they only have two cities- Chennai and “Kerala”(I know this is a state)
Their South Indian vocabulary starts from ”Ayyo” and ends at “Yenna Rascala”.
Apparently all South Indian dons only well-plaid SAREES. Seldom you will see any South Indian girls in any other clothes, be it Dil Se… or 2 States.
Another thing is that they expect all South Indians will be trained in Classical Indian dances. Nothing wrong in that but just that in every Bollywood movie I had watched on South India, protagonist will have one classical dance number.
I am a North Indian but I have met a lot of South Indian students in schools (Army School). And trust me, their vocabulary is not as bad as it is shown in movie. You will be surprised at how clear is pronunciation of many. But who will tell this to Bollywood.
(Most annoying accent of all time. Comic, but hugely irritating)
I don’t think that South Indians wear only Lungi.
Agneepath, Sajan Chale Sasural, Padosan, Gumnaam, these are some movies where characters only wear Lungi all the time.
Bollywood need to introspect on how they portray different cultures. Most of us grow watching Bollywood and think that what’s shown there is true as hell.
P.S. High Expectations from Thalaivi. Hope this doesn’t disappoint us in terms of cultural portrayal.
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