30 January 2008

Biased Indian cinema

It is pathetic that cinema lovers have been partial in appreciating the performance and the role by an artist throughout the country. Bollywood is dominating the arena by a clear margin even though films from other languages have raised their standards. NDTV gave the Indian of the year for entertainment to the most popular actor superstar Rajnikanth. In the program called Big Fight in the same channel they discuss the correctness of the decision taken by the panel of adjudicators. It was shocking to hear one individual who accepts Sivaji as the leading grocer among all films released in the previous year but refuses it to be popular in the northern parts. This is mainly due to the fact that people in the south persuade films in all languages when it seems to be really worth watching. But others do not show the same level of generosity. For instance movies like Taare Zameen Par, Black and many others have been appreciated and we proved the fact that we adore good movies irrespective of the language. This is revealed by the information that we have Hindi cinemas releasing in appreciable number of theaters. But if we go to the northern areas it is hard to find a Tamil film or take for instance languages other than Hindi being screened in the theaters. This situation should change and everyone should cultivate a habit of welcoming good films removing the language barrier.

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