Sunday, June 24, 2012

Thoughts on Movies and Cinemas.

The other night I was home with a couple of friends, sharing episodes of our monotonous life, our concentration and attention all glued on STAR WORLD which showcased and was immortalizing Rajnikant (The famous South Indian Actor) over his preposterous and over exaggerated actions and dialogues.
What mesmerized and enthralled me the most was this one particular scene; where the protagonist (Obviously Mr. Kant) drives his 4 wheel car accompanied by his virtuous lady, and a gang of bloodthirsty hoodlums (so I assume) equally pumped up, chasing him in cars, jeeps (GP) and other enchanting machines circling on and on, creating a mess of the place....
Wow! A classic Bollywood tale.

However, what struck me as imminent and important was; "How much would have that particular scene contributed to environment pollution with its emission of toxic fumes."
Each year more than a 1000 movies are made in India more than that of Hollywood.(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_movies_are_made_in_Bollywood_each_year)
Another salient factor contributing to pollution (I am not ostracizing Bollywood).

Bhutan has already embarked into the saga of epic battles and love stories woven intricately. And very soon there will be car chases, fumes, explosions and the list goes on. Movies are good and entertaining but we should at the same time ask ourselves whether our sole purpose of entertainment disrupts the environment or not.....
Individuals all across the globe are working and coming up with different organizations and groups to promote a greener Earth and to help sustain life in the years and generations to come.
Entertainment is necessary, I do agree but let us not entertain ourselves at the cost of our up-coming generations.

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