Cinema Craze in India
India is cinema crazy and Indiana are ever star struck zombies. Films are our staple diet and ‘Bollywood` is a magic word. When young people get together they only talk about films, latest releases, the roles and styles of their actors and film songs. India is naturally the largest producer of films. The most of them are Hindi, Tamil and Telugu movies. Inspite of the large output our films lack in quality and content.
They are almost all formula films or clever or clumsy imitations of foreign films. They are made to make fast money with box-office hits only replete with songs, item numbers, sex and glory violence. The realities of life are totally absent and are devoid of art-orientation. Very little aesthetic appeal is there and in no way convincing. Cheap movies prove commercial success and good artistic films don’t find distributors and spectators. The people like to watch idiotic flicks that don’t challenge their intellect. The art movies are too taxing on their minds. The adolescent teenagers imitate the fashions, styles and mannerisms of their favourite actors. The immature youth are misled by cheap movie romance and silly adventures.
Infect, many a crime is inspired by ideas provided by crime thrillers. Besides crimes the movies contribute to the increasing lawlessness, indiscipline and unrest among youth. The Bollywood products show criminalization, sex and violence blatantly. The young folk are too immature to make a distinction between movie stunts and genuine adventures. Many raw youth mistake the movie stunts for real and try to copy them resulting in tragic mishaps.
Then, there is nexus between film industry and the underworld. It is a known fact that mafia invests its black money earned through smuggling, drug trafficking, extortion, blackmail, contract killing, arms running, prostitution, gambling rackets and protection in financing movie production. And unwittingly film actors become a part of mafia operations which exposes them to blackmails and threats. It is a matter of real concern.
Questions
- What ‘Heading’ do you suggest for this paragraph?
- What negative attitudes the cheap films inspire youth into?
- What do generally youth talk about when together?
- With what has Bollywood been alleged to have nexus?
- In which languages are the Indian film made most?
Answers
- ‘THE INDIAN FILMS’
- The cheap movies inspire youth into negative acts of crime, indiscipline and irresponsibility.
- The youth in company always talk of movies, latest flicks, the performances and styles of actors.
- Bollywood is accused of /having nexus with the underworld.
- Most of the Indian movies are made in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
Fill in the blanks
- ………………..is the magic word for Indians.
- Most of the films produced in India are copies of ………………..
- Indian movies blatantly show ………………..
- Teenagers imitate the ……………….. of their favourite actors.
– Fillers-1. Bollywood, 2. Hollywood movies 3. crime, sex and violence. 4. fashions, styles and mannerisms.
