Social revolutions always take place when circumstances demand so. Whenever a society is stirred, troubled at heart, people will speak up! At times, this socio-emotional outburst is a result of the influence of some inspirational politician or some moving book. However, as they say life imitates art, I dare to say art influences life as well. Speaking of which, our movies have had their fair share of impact on society since times when animation was invented. This can be in the way people dress, wear hairdos or more importantly think! I was not born back then, but I think Raj Kapoor movies always dealt with social problems; be it Shree 420, Anari, Prem Rog & so on. He artistically communicated society’s problems at that time (I despise his skin show though!) through a media, which was influential & easily available. Well kapoor is an item of the past now & many have come and gone since then.
We grew up on some funny mithun & govinda movies that taught our neighborhood boys nothing more than break dance (may be I am wrong & they represented the diasporas in some obvious way). Now that our generation is facing life, two most influential movies that stirred our hearts & minds are; Dil Chahta Hai & Rang De Basanti. DCH established the concept that friends can be more than family & relatives at times. It also conveyed, no matter how hip we dress up (yeah all the goatee stuff, branded clothes & perms I am talking about) we still like being Indian & are quite conventional at heart! RDB took DCH’s message a step ahead. When people thought we couldn’t have another Bhagat Singh ever again, this movie gave our society the reason to believe that whenever time demands, a Bhagat Singh will be born in the world. What more, youth got so motivated, Supreme court had to reopen Jessica Lal murder trial & Government had a hard time defending reservation for the medicos! This movie had a simple message; when the common man speaks up, nobody can curb his voice. To prove this you don’t need a balle balle dance sequel in some malhotra-designed wardrobe! Hail the good times coming back to Indian cinema!!
We grew up on some funny mithun & govinda movies that taught our neighborhood boys nothing more than break dance (may be I am wrong & they represented the diasporas in some obvious way). Now that our generation is facing life, two most influential movies that stirred our hearts & minds are; Dil Chahta Hai & Rang De Basanti. DCH established the concept that friends can be more than family & relatives at times. It also conveyed, no matter how hip we dress up (yeah all the goatee stuff, branded clothes & perms I am talking about) we still like being Indian & are quite conventional at heart! RDB took DCH’s message a step ahead. When people thought we couldn’t have another Bhagat Singh ever again, this movie gave our society the reason to believe that whenever time demands, a Bhagat Singh will be born in the world. What more, youth got so motivated, Supreme court had to reopen Jessica Lal murder trial & Government had a hard time defending reservation for the medicos! This movie had a simple message; when the common man speaks up, nobody can curb his voice. To prove this you don’t need a balle balle dance sequel in some malhotra-designed wardrobe! Hail the good times coming back to Indian cinema!!
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