Being a typical Nepali, I always feel confused whether to
watch (can be read as promote) Hindi movies by going to theatre or not.
Internet has allowed to download movies resulting in choice to go theatre
spending money or watch movie at home for free. If you are a fan of any
particular movie star, then you could feel pushed to the theatre even for early
shows.
Being a Salman Khan fan, I also sometimes feel obliged to go to movie
theatre to watch his films. But I did not watch his last two movies in the
movie hall. I watched them in my laptop!
One vital thing you can notice in Hindi cinemas is they are
made with particular formula. Some special or art cinemas are exception to this
whole formula thing by the way. But most Bollywood flicks are filled with
typical masala and made with old same formula.
Their popular formula is put 3/4 songs, 1 item song, tussle
between protagonist and antagonist (with or without fight scenes), and the main
protagonist (in Bollywood’s case it’s called ‘Hero’) always getting what s/he
wants. And this very same formula has been taking lot of money from Nepal as
well. Bollywood movies starring Khans gross millions of money from theatres
across our country.
That is a very serious challenge to our Nepali film industry.
It will be incomplete if I don’t mention about some good signs that our own
films are showing. Recently released Chhakka
Panjaa has been slamming all the previous box office records set by Nepali
cinema. Dipak Raj Giri, producer of the movie, wrote in social media that
multiplex theatres are allotting much more shows for their film than Hindi and
English films. In fact, there are some new sets of people in our industry who
are making some quality movies. And the good part is Nepali audience are
supporting them very well by going theatres to watch Nepali films.
Recently I came to watch a Bollywood flick Rustom of Akshay Kumar. Similar to the
Bollywood masala, his movies, these days, are also bound by some formula. More
of a patriotic flavor, a policeman or an army, and a very devoted intelligence
agent are his frequently repeated role. And more strange is he somehow manage
to make them a big hit, which - in their terms - is defined by ‘hundred crore
club’. What I admire and respect about him the most is his ascent to the
superstardom without any relatives or acquaintance in the industry. His
struggles being a karate player and coach is really inspiring.
Bollywood masala is still getting the audiences’ attention
and love. Their formula is attracting movie lovers from Nepal in large amount
as well. We, Nepali audience and other concerned movie makers, should be really
worried about this.
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