Blurring the line
Is it just me or do well like the number 100? Indian cinema celebrated 100 years in 2013, Sachin Tendulkar scored a hundred 100s in international cricket, I scored 100/100 in Math, this is my 100th draft on my blogger account; yeah there must be something special about it. On that subject, while this is not the 100th post on my blog, it is the 100th draft that I've come up with. Some ideas are still on the shelf and need to be worked on. Yet there is sense of satisfaction when we move on from two to three digits, three to four and so on.
Just like music is an important part of our lives, we all embrace movies with equal gusto. While not all of us might fancy go to the movies to catch a film, we definitely enjoy a timely movie session on the couch at least. Over the years, various genres have evolved, giving us a sneak preview of what the director wants to convey in that brief period of time. With the inadvertent invasion of money and politics into cinema, there is definitely the association with glamour, infidelity, fame, commercialization etc., All this aside, it is a sure shot way of grabbing the audience's attention to convey an idea which they might or might not have had.
As nature is designed to work, there is certainly no shortage of overlap between our lives and the stories conveyed. It has come to a point where I am hard pressed to tell if the land of films is trying to portray normal lives or we as normal folk are trying to adapt to those in the movies. This is what I mean by blurring the line. It was always a fine line to be honest. So now you have lead actors and actresses claiming that a character was easy to depict since it reminded them of their struggles/experiences sometime earlier in their lives. On the other hand you have normal folk who try to look at the cinematic experience in their day to day lives. The struggles of a common man are portrayed to be the reasons for his success later. It creates rockstars out of someone who is considered a nobody, a classic rags to riches story, but who planted all these ideas in the first place? Like my original premise, who told us that success was measured in a particular way? Movies are not to be solely blamed, but they definitely play a huge role in influencing people. Think about it; I don't want to give away too much.
Just like music is an important part of our lives, we all embrace movies with equal gusto. While not all of us might fancy go to the movies to catch a film, we definitely enjoy a timely movie session on the couch at least. Over the years, various genres have evolved, giving us a sneak preview of what the director wants to convey in that brief period of time. With the inadvertent invasion of money and politics into cinema, there is definitely the association with glamour, infidelity, fame, commercialization etc., All this aside, it is a sure shot way of grabbing the audience's attention to convey an idea which they might or might not have had.
As nature is designed to work, there is certainly no shortage of overlap between our lives and the stories conveyed. It has come to a point where I am hard pressed to tell if the land of films is trying to portray normal lives or we as normal folk are trying to adapt to those in the movies. This is what I mean by blurring the line. It was always a fine line to be honest. So now you have lead actors and actresses claiming that a character was easy to depict since it reminded them of their struggles/experiences sometime earlier in their lives. On the other hand you have normal folk who try to look at the cinematic experience in their day to day lives. The struggles of a common man are portrayed to be the reasons for his success later. It creates rockstars out of someone who is considered a nobody, a classic rags to riches story, but who planted all these ideas in the first place? Like my original premise, who told us that success was measured in a particular way? Movies are not to be solely blamed, but they definitely play a huge role in influencing people. Think about it; I don't want to give away too much.
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