The trend started long time back. So its nothing new when you hear friends discussing reviews of any movie and mentioning the words "message from the movie". Sarfarosh was about the "message" that we should be patriotic despite religious differences, or individual accomplishments. Rang De Basanti was about the "message" that we need to do something pro-actively to change the age-old system, rather than wait till eternity for it to change. Munnabhai was about the power of humanity and Lage Raho was about the power of Gandhigiri. Countless examples of movies sending across "messages" of purity, humanity, patriotism, love, and all other goody-goody stuff can be mentioned, and a lot more will come up. And each will inspire a spike of emotion in the viewer, which unfortunately, and unfailingly, will die down by the time he/she returns home and watches a trailer of another movie with another "message".
My point is, are we really such zombies who need a messiah like a movie to enlighten us and show us the otherwise cliched and common-sense path of life? And will there be any time when the spikes of emotions last long enough to show some effect on us?
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Malay Messiah is here to enlighten us that movies shudnt be our messiah..;).but its really so true in meaning......great saying malay...
Exactly my point ...so all that matters are mithun movies...no message...only undiluted crap...ayeeeeee saaaaaaallllaaaaaa....
hmm.. now let's think like this.. all the movies u mentioned, are proven hits, the commercial, mainstream ones, which grossed up a good profit. so wht's wrong if entertainment is mixed with a doze of some message. thoughtfulness should be promoted and welcomed thru any medium- be it films, books or blogs..
all i can say is... its your decision to follow the message or ignore it.. the director reeled up a movie he wanted to..
The trouble is that the 'message' fades out with the movie.
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