The new generation speaks

// February 12th, 2010 // Trivia

When a generation decides to take refuge in its past and cast aside its present , you know that something is wrong out here. It speaks of the inability of the present to match its past and better it. This is called intellectual and cultural regression of a time.

What makes Sachin Tendulkar special . It is just not his fantastic game or superior technique or his uncontroversial humble personality. When you watch Sachin , you dont need Sunil Gavaskar or Kapil Dev . Its not that they are not great. They are indisputable legends…but Sachin Tendulkar is the man of the present. His game gives you the belief that the present is as good as the past and also fills you with hope that the future will be even better. That is Sachin Tendulkar, the legend of the PRESENT.
Similarly when you watch movies today. In Bollywood, the present is definitely finding its mark. Movies like Taara zameen Par, 3 idiots, Paa , Kaminey and My name is Khan give you a feeling that the present is in safe and talented hands. It reassures you that there are people who have the drive and passion to make the current generation sit up and take notice of their skills.
Sadly the same cannot be said of Tollywood…Imagine a 52 year old film like mayabazaar ruling the roost at the box office and making more money than all the other releases….Its not that Mazabaazar doesn’t deserve what it gets…It does…it is a great movie of that time…A true legend ….But lets think about this…
Why are we watching Mayabaazar..Is it because we want to remember the olden times? or is it because there is a sheer dearth of good sensible cinema? If the reason is the later…then todays filmmakers have some serious thinking to do… We need to introspect and accept. The public has finally spoken…It is their report card on us. they have appraised us. They are telling us that they dont need us till we make their present sensible…Yes the audience is giving signals…The sooner we understand this the better….

3 Responses to “The new generation speaks”

  1. Kiran says:
    February 12, 2010 at 8:07 am

    Hello Satish Garu:

    Excellent Introspective andi. My thoughts are we need to come out of formula scripts. For that all should be responsible to chip in.

    - The state government cutting taxes
    - The film development giving great subsidies
    - The technicians (including the director) & the actors should be ready to experiment

    &

    Most importantly the audience willing to watch variety of cinemas.

    Thanks,
    Kiran

  2. Myself says:
    February 12, 2010 at 8:23 am

    :-) :-) , nice one… wish more people read and understand…

  3. Alankruth says:
    September 1, 2010 at 6:30 am

    I agree.
    But i think…
    There are many reasons to say for this failures…!!
    But the thing is OLD is GOLD.

    @Present:
    Everyone (P.G.) interested in History (It may include Real stories or Fictional but presented in Epic) or Mystery (What ever the subject is it should be narrated in a grand style).

    @Past:
    Most of the film makers has made films with Passion, Love & Sense..
    (But now most of the FM’s striving for expired elements like routine love stories, faction and mafia based stories which resulting flops@box office..)
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    People are ready to accept the “new wave” but which makes sense in the story and presentation..!!
    ———————————————————————————-
    We(FM’s) have to change.. then People(audience) will change..!
    So, change should come from within…!!

    -Alankruth

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