Bollywood has infested every aspect of Indian television including primetime news. Media is obsessed with movies and the lives of movie personalities. 15-20 years back we used to have nice T.V shows be it serials, quizzes, songs, art, science programs, mushiara/kavi sammelan etc etc. Everyone used to wait for those programs.
In the name of quantity, the quality has deteriorated or rather is dead. I would any day swap the quality of programs we used to have for the quantity we have today. We are one of the oldest civilization and bollywood is all we got to showcase. New year's eve programs used to be a treat to watch. We used to prepare ourselves for it. Now the programs they show on new year's eve is the same as what we see everyday - hindi film programs. If we get tired with bollywood we get on to cricket. These are the two greatest obsessions we have as a society.
Where are our scientists, entrepreneurs, artists, musicians, social workers etc. Do we not care about them or are they any less than our movie stars ? "Mile Sur Mera Tumhara" the yesteryear's patriotic song has been relaunched and has been named as "Phir Mile Sur". As one would expect it is dominated by actors. Are they the only ones who have a patriotic feeling or are they the only ones available for a photo shoot or are they the ambassadors of India or is there any other reason. I fail to understand. If we have to build our society, then movies have to be a part of it, not the whole.
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