No matter whichever movie you watch, what’s there to be proud of? Every movie is a monotony, isn’t it? The plot revolves around love, action, revenge, thriller, horror, crime, etc. In love stories, mostly the hero and heroine fall in love and face parental opposition,elope, separate, reunite, and in the end, either one of them dies or the story ends happily or tragically. There’s nothing new beyond this!
Now a new trend has begun, where the Hero is the villain, and the villain is the Hero. Producers and Directors are competing fiercely to make these kinds of films. It must and should be on pan-India level and it is a thumb rule. No matter how gruesome the character is, if it includes periodic suspense and thriller, it’s considered a great story.
As for revenge dramas, instead of just one person, the villains kill the entire family or the hero’s wife, lover, sister, brother, or friend. In the end, the story concludes with the hero defeating the villains. Meaningless fights, music, and lyrics don’t even need mentioning.
If anyone says this is monotony, others argue that commercial cinema depends on market conditions, and movies are being watched, so what’s the issue? As long as we define the limits of creativity ourselves and shatter our own tastes, this will be reflected in our films, and audiences will distance themselves from good movies.
No one can change the system overnight; it can only be achieved through an evolutionary process. The easier the stories and narratives are, the easier the process is for writers. Even if audiences feel the need to curb routine stories, recycled narratives, lifted emotions, and confused plot points, who will implement it in practice? It doesn’t seem feasible anytime soon. Let’s hope that in the coming days, the younger generation of Directors will make efforts to cater to the audience’s tastes.
By Prakash Surya