Nov 07, 2024
Nov 07, 2024
17-Dec-2012
More by : Ananya S Guha
Indian mainstream cinema is determinedly inclined to cater as well as promote out and out only such stories, dialogues, lyrics, themes and trends including costumes that appeal to basal way of lifestyles and tastes. No wonder it recognizes art and high fashion with great sensibility and their practitioners for there is not enough dividend except for entertainment, entertainment and entertainment, all through it is not that good movies will not pay. Only no one has any will or guts to produce the same. Not surprising the gifted lady returned the Oscar statuette... |
Quite tragic. I find the insensitivity towards her also ironical, because this same country goes so gaga over its fashion designers like Sabyasachi Mukherjee & Manish Malhotra and their ilk, who are regular fixtures on Page 3 of our newspapers.. Cinema as an art form has never been popular in the country, obsessed with its politics, cricket and masala films. I keep reading articles about how prints of great classics of Indian cinema by Internationally famed directors are getting lost owing to neglect and hardly any effective policy to preserve such heritages. |