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"Popular cinema frustrates all search for realistic portrayals of the configurations of class, caste or gender in contemporary Indian society" - this quote from an essay on popular cinema by Ashish Nandy, comes alive after viewing ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ - yet another offering by mainstream Hindi cinema. Not surprisingly, run of the mill successful films appeal to the emotions of the masses by harping on general feel good factors like togetherness, family, tradition, culture, patriotism or romance, more so love triangles, and a hero ‘who can do anything’. ...
In the past few years, the NRI perspective seems to have taken over mainstream Hindi cinema. ...
Thus, hindi commercial cinema at present, barring some rare exceptions, is not socially progressive and as such it is absolutely out of sync with the vital realities of modern-day India.
Approximate Word count = 1003
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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