We've got mails and letters from all over the world in the past two days. They raise a number of interesting world issues and questions but all of them ultimately talk about one puzzle that has them beat.
Why are bollywood movies getting so unbelievably crappy?
This seems to be keeping researchers all over the world up at night. We at SC believe that there is one right answer. Always. Talking about broad correlated trends - bah! - not our style. In the case of this question, the trick turned out to be hidden in the specific cribs about current movies.
'This Salman Khan movie is so dated'
'This Agneepath remake sucks but I also hated the old Agneepath'
'Oh my God, Bollywood seems to have gone back to the 80s'
The average movie-goer is 25 and bollywood for some strange reason seems to have regressed by 25 years. See it yet? Think Abhimanyu. Yes! Foetal auditory stimulation! When your pregnant mom was watching crappy Mithun movies and crappier you-killed-my-dad-i-will-join-your-gang-but-as-secret-police-and-then-kill-you plots, you were exposed subtly to the same. We all know that the soundtrack in those days contained the whole movie for practical purposes, unless the movie starred Zeenat Aman. This explains the irresistible force that attracts you repeatedly to the theater and ensures that all these movies which were right for 1987, are grossing Rs 100 cr in 2012.
Why are bollywood movies getting so unbelievably crappy?
This seems to be keeping researchers all over the world up at night. We at SC believe that there is one right answer. Always. Talking about broad correlated trends - bah! - not our style. In the case of this question, the trick turned out to be hidden in the specific cribs about current movies.
'This Salman Khan movie is so dated'
'This Agneepath remake sucks but I also hated the old Agneepath'
'Oh my God, Bollywood seems to have gone back to the 80s'
The average movie-goer is 25 and bollywood for some strange reason seems to have regressed by 25 years. See it yet? Think Abhimanyu. Yes! Foetal auditory stimulation! When your pregnant mom was watching crappy Mithun movies and crappier you-killed-my-dad-i-will-join-your-gang-but-as-secret-police-and-then-kill-you plots, you were exposed subtly to the same. We all know that the soundtrack in those days contained the whole movie for practical purposes, unless the movie starred Zeenat Aman. This explains the irresistible force that attracts you repeatedly to the theater and ensures that all these movies which were right for 1987, are grossing Rs 100 cr in 2012.
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