Why are we so influenced by Cinema? Does it truly narrate circumstantial evidence or does it obliterate the facts? I always wondered what it was like to be able to watch a movie with my whole family; would I ever be able to do that? I always envied when my mates bragged about going out to watch the late night movies with their dear ones.
Cinema was not given importance when I was young. Now I cannot bear to waste time watching some scantily clad teenage girl running around the trees with a man old enough to be her father. I wonder if it is really true when elders talk about the variation in lifestyle from what they call their “era” to the current generation.
But is cinema totally bad? Isn’t this the most conventional method of reaching to the masses? I am no critic to talk about cinematography as a science but I sure can talk about the value and impact of the latest addition to Indian cinema. I have watched some of the named classics from my childhood and some of the recent elaborations of music and love.
My amateur eye fails to notice any quality in the musical numbers and the acting abilities of the protagonists of the recent cinema. I guess I still cling to old school when depiction of love between two humans sans touch and music is enjoyable to the human ear rather than the metallic harmonica. I guess I still loathe to see cinema made on human values and music that depicts the status quo.
Long live Rehman !!!!
