One Last Request | Open Letter

So, it has been three months now and I haven't watched a movie in theatre. I go for Aankhon Dekhi, a low profile, low advertised movie from Rajat Kapoor, who is known for making off-track movies. I liked it. The reason was not that my childhood friend was debuting in the movie but because it was really a good movie. A warm movie, with no hi-fi foolish action, no cars flying without any reason, no stupid humor. A simple movie with a funny script that doesn't make me crazy laughing, but does bring chuckles throughout its course of 2 hours, along with a few emotional moments. It was nothing extraordinary but impressed me a lot.

 

An hour after leaving the theatre, I had come back to normal. Yes, I was excited to see my friend on the silver screen! But after coming out of that celebration, I was surprised to see how a simple film had overwhelmed me in such vast amount, and I was wondering why!?

 

Few cut to cut moments, and I had everything clear in my head. The reason behind my liking was very simple and straightforward, and that was the degrading quality of Bollywood. The last movie which I had watched was Dhoom-3, and I believe it to be a big blunder. The scars were deep, and took away all my strength to watch a Bollywood movie in a theatre.

 

I am not saying I did not have any good movie at all in the time between, I remember Queen, and... and... Sorry but no other! Thanks to the Johar camp, Rohit Shetty, Salman and the Yashraj group, now movies are just a mean of business, for them to make money and for us to give away ours. Movies are being released just to live for two weekends, earn a few crores (most of the times over 100s) and then fade away. Nobody is bothered to make a mark on us with their good work!

 

I am still wishing for the audience to wake up and stop taking nonsense any more in the name of entertainment. Films like Queen, Madras Cafe, just to name a few, should be promoted. We just need to convey to the filmmakers that our hard-earned money should not get wasted on meaningless hours in theatres. We should be treated well for the money that we spend on them.

 

Thanks to a bunch of good filmmakers, Bollywood is still alive, and I hope it does. Cheers to you guys.

 

-True feelings from a sad Bollywood fan.

 

Written By: Rishabh Shukla