It made my day .That is what comes to my mind after watching another rocking movie from the genre called thematic movies .From the plethora of movies that our industry throws out every year , it's sad but at least a pleasing fact that we get to see movie of the genre of Rang De Basanti and Halla Bol.
Ever wondered why such movies are always a hit with our audience here. We being emotional people, attach ourselves to the every vestigial Indianess present anywhere in the movie .While we see our on screen protagonists proudly and dutifully do wonders with their histrionics we get involved in them to such an extent that we see ourselves in the position and have pride in it. But how many of us play even a small act If this were to happen in our real life.
I know we are mired in red taped quagmire and bureaucratic despotism , still the answer to the above question , apart from a few voices ,would be a loud zero. What makes us so hypocritical when it comes to fighting crimes? Or is it that we prefer our patriotism to remain on screen and not bother to get it into our daily lives .All of us want to have a comfortable life with our wife , kids , money and family . We all like to hear the sensex soar each day and like to see our wealth multiply. Reading mere headlines on the business journals should not be and cannot be the sole feel good factor for us. We stand for ourselves when we raise voices against injustice just as what happened to cases like Jessica Lal , Nitish katara and our very own Manjunath .Aren't those fighting for their justice like us . Then why do they take this trouble to augment this mass movement.
The answer is very simple and it is within us. It is because they still preserve their values and patriotism. If we don’t fight for justice we don’t have any right to call ourselves patriotic .When an on field verbal fusillade in Australia results into a issue of national pride why isn't the daily casteism borne issues not dealt with in our country .In our race to superpowerdom we have somehow learnt this wrong lesson to improve our facade but forgotten to purify the decay inside. Its time for us to imbibe and accept this .We will have issues coming our ways but unless we unite and fight against it we would be confined just to our theatre seats and magazine covers .Real life heroes don’t want for anyone to say Action, they simply ACT.
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