Random Thought # 1: In India, in the 80's action films were so popular coz people wanted to rebel against the sytem, they saw the 'Angry Young Man' as their representatives, fighting against the injustice [I've heard License Raj was not so good - I don't know!].Therefore cotton candy movies do well today coz people aspire to lead those lives which is a possibility in this open economy. They see the young urban adult as someone who they can possibly be given enough time etc.
Random Thought # 2: Indians are not service oriented people - we always try to cut corners - we are subservient by nature but contrarily, we cannot excel at service. It is at odds with our personality - in contrast, the chinese are extremely service oriented without the personality to drive it. What the world needs is front office Indian and back office Chinese. (this came after discussion with thebride)
Random Thought # 3: Why Oh Why cannot I be a particular person? so I don't have to spend 10% of my time rectifying my own created messes. I think I need a chinese back office for me.
Random Thought # 4: I love Girlie nights, I love my girl friends and I hate it when they move away espescially 2 in the same week.
Random Thought # 5: Next year, should I go back and study something unrelated and try and change my life direction or should I just stay where I am?
1 comment:
Point #1- I don't think 80s action films is accurate. Its more mid 70s onwards when the Angry Young Man (Amitabh in Zanjeer, Deewar, etc) replaced the romantic sacrificial loser (Rajesh Khanna in Kati Patang, Amar Prem etc). This was a result of 25+ years of independence not achieving much by way of employment etc, with the tipping point being the emergency...
The 80s, or more precisely 83 onwards til the early 90s are the worst period for Bollywood ever...Amitabh was into politics, video piracy was rampant and the movies and music were largely crapola, and unsuccesful barring a few exceptions like Hero, Betaab, Pyar Jhukta Nahin.
Cotton candy movies work today, not only for the reason you quote, but also because with increasing satellite penetration and day date releases of Hollywood in dubbed languages (Spidey 3 was released in Bhojpuri) has got the Indian exposed to the world of big budget action with CG....
Our 30/40/60/80 Crore Movies (7- 16 Million US$) cannot compete in action and thrills anymore, so its easier to go floss floss...everyone knows what happened to drona
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