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Bollywood, give us something new!

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The Indian film industry just copies ideas from wherever it can. Be it from China, Arab countries, Pakistan or the USA, Bollywood has turned in to mere replica. This is why I had to stop watching Indian movies.

What happened to the good old days, when a movie was just based on a good story line and didn’t have fancy animations?

Recently I saw low-budget movies like ‘Dou Dunni Char’ and ‘Love Express.’ Now these films really have substance. They don’t rely solely on dance and songs. Even high-cost comedies do not have any content these days. It is the low-budget Indian movies that really have something interesting and different to offer. This growing trend of shooting movies abroad and spending huge sums of money on promotion lead to growing excitement from the anxiously awaiting viewers. However, these films are unfortunately, most of the time, a let down. Plots have come to resemble movies previously seen, characters are one dimensional and the story-line is completely un-original.

I recently saw ‘Love Aaj Kal’ and in the interval, I felt like fleeing the theatre. The movie repeated a love story that I have seen countless times. The only new things I saw were the songs, dances and the clothes. Correct me if I am wrong, but are music, choreography and the styling the reasons one goes to watch a movie? Why not watch a musical instead?


I often wonder why these films generate so much money and why people even bother to watch them. High-budget films only work due to the advertising. Just because the audience knows its a Shahrukh Khan movie or that Salman is the hero, they flock to the theatres. Let me ask you this though; when was the last time you saw a movie as brilliant as Shahrukh Khan’s “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ or Salman Khan’s ‘Andaz Apna Apna?’

If you look at recent Shahrukh Khan releases they are just so repetitive. The super-star has fallen in to the trap of arrogance and simply stars in films for the money now. Salman’s ‘Dabangg’ was good, but then again, it was copied.

Indian movies that boast high costs do not teach us anything. Amir Khan is somehow an exception, but I can’t say that the same holds true for other actors.

Hollywood also makes high budget movies, but they still have a storyline and a concept that has not been seen a million times before. Just a few examples are ‘Babel’, ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ and ‘The Blind Side‘. All three movies have completely different plots, they are all original, and a pleasure to watch. Can the same be said for Bodyguard?

Indian media does not teach anything to our society. There are no lessons to be learnt from a Bollywood movie except that if you throw a man and a woman together, they will dance, sing, and fall in love. I am disappointed to say that Indian movies were nothing like this before.

Sadly, these films are making a large impact on our youth, who are now going through every possible measure to be “dramatic” and fall in love. Did you hear about the boy who shot a girl and then himself because she refused to marry him? Does this sound like an Indian movie to you? Girls in Pakistan now just want to get married or engaged after graduating from high-school; they think that its a very big achievement.

My plea to Bollywood is to make films that encourage our youth to achieve great things, to motivate them to be honest citizens, to light a fire in them to succeed. Did you watch the movie ‘The Pursuit of Happyness?‘ Did it not inspire you and make you believe that anything is possible?

Please Bollywood, make a movie like this – a movie worth watching.

For example: Salman Khan movie 's Dabbaang (bad cop) and Wanted (good cop) and now Bodyguard, lol.
 
Still people in Pakistan que up to watch Bollywood ! I heard 'Bodyguard' was a hit in Pakistan.


BTW, the article is from a blog
 
Bodyguard is the nick of an a...le kid in my class... lol... sub behnoun ka bhai.. dekho agaya body guard...hes like a servant to girls...
 
Indian media does not teach anything to our society. There are no lessons to be learnt from a Bollywood movie except that if you throw a man and a woman together, they will dance, sing, and fall in love. I am disappointed to say that Indian movies were nothing like this before.

if you want to learn anything go to a school...not to a theatre or multiplex...dumb chick...
 
Sure he was bringing up 26/11 is bollywood?


I should make jokes about the Marriot hotel blast or the Mehran attack and link it back to lollywood how funny

Read n learn to comprehend:
Bollywood 26/11 movie and its full of blunders

Hes talking abt the documentry n pointing out its inaccurate stuff.. I havent seen it.. so i cant comment on it.
 
The untold story of 2008's terrorist attack, in the words of its victims and the gunmen. The programme contains graphic images and descriptions of the atrocity which may upset some viewers. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Dan Reed, Terror in Mumbai tells the story of what happened when 10 gunmen held one of the world's busiest cities hostage; killing and wounding hundreds of people while holding India's crack security forces at bay.

Featuring footage of the attacks and interviews with senior police officers and hostages, including the testimony from Kasab - the sole surviving gunman, Dispatches reveals what happened, hour by hour, from the perspective of the security forces, the terrorists, their masterminds and the victims.

Award: Bafta; current affairs. 2010



There was no movie on 26/11 this low life scum is just mocking it
 
Well constructive criticism is always welcome but coming from a Pakistani it gets very confusing. This article published in their main stream media can only suggest the obsession with Indian Movies among Pakistanis(vehemently denied by some embarrassed members here). I would love to read an article with the same title but bolywood replaced with their lollywood. About time they thought about something they can improve in PAK too.
 
Well constructive criticism is always welcome but coming from a Pakistani it gets very confusing. This article published in their main stream media can only suggest the obsession with Indian Movies among Pakistanis(vehemently denied by some embarrassed members here). I would love to read an article with the same title but bolywood replaced with their lollywood. About time they thought about something they can improve in PAK too.

Its from a blog.
 
It is the low-budget Indian movies that really have something interesting and different to offer.

This is a common complaint in all movie industries. People complain that Hollywood is formulaic and true creativity lies with the indie films. Whether it's true or not is subjective.

This growing trend of shooting movies abroad and spending huge sums of money on promotion lead to growing excitement from the anxiously awaiting viewers.

Bollywood is catering to two demographics with this strategy:

- domestically, it is showcasing the growing global power of Indian culture and the wide spread of NRIs, and

- internationally, it makes Indian movies more interesting and accessible, both for second/third generation Indians and for non-Indian companions of Indian moviegoers. For someone in Melbourne, Australia, if the movie contains local landmarks, they wilol enjoy the movie regardless if they identify with the more subtle subtexts of the story-line.

Indian media does not teach anything to our society.

Bollywood is in business to make money. They do that by entertaining, not sermonizing. Just like Hollywood.

PS. Yes, what a sad commentary on the Pakistani film industry that she has all but given up on the Pakistani industry and is looking at Bollywood to provide variety and social commentary.
 
Bollywood is a business.. learn to choose the movie.. dont go for all the movies....
Even english romantic comedies are almost all same.. same story line.. but we dont complain for that....
 
@ all my fellow indian bros..!!the artilce which ahas been written is absolutrly spot on!!some bollywood movies of low budget are just awesome..!!!where as on the other hand the high budget movies are dumb and only attract people due to the hype and controversy the film makesrs create before a release!!watch these low budget movies with new talented actors and i bet u will be amazed(udaan,page3,bubble gum,mujhse frandship karoge)
 
What documentary is that? and what is inaccurate in it? please tell me how laughing at 166 dead is funny


There was no movie on 26/11 this low life scum is just mocking it


Good to see you are banned from PDF :lol: and i was talking about Bollywood movie ashok chakra it is based on 26/11 and it have so many mistakes. Its bollywood making fun of 26/11 not me.
In movie Ajmal Kasab salute Indian officer and said Jai hind.:lol:



 
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What movie is this " Ashok Chakra". Has any Indian heard of it.. yeh pakistani hamaari D-grade movie bhi dekhte hain :rofl:

On topic. this girl should advise all this to lollywood. somehow pakistanis think bollywood will make movies for them hahahahahaha
 

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