I always wondered how our films and the film industry has transformed our society, our thinking, our fashion sense. I am actually saying so many things in this post. Let me talk about it one after the another so that I don't jumble them up.
The biggest change movies have made is in the way women are treated, how much freedom and respect they would/should be given. Back in the olden days women did not have any freedom. People never asked them what they wanted and were forced to do whatever the man tells her to do. Same was the case in the film industry. Heroines never had that importance and respect. Then slowly things started to change in the film industry and a lot of actresses started emerging as strong people demanding for their freedom, their respect and slowly we saw the same change happening in our society too.
By 1980s actresses had already got some of their freedom and respect they wanted, but still there were some problems. Like an actress who was married was no longer in demand. Same was the case with actors too. That is why Aamir Khan hid the fact that he was married for a long time until he became a star. That is why actors used to have the secret affairs. And it was an unwritten rule that the actress would stop working after getting married and would turn into a house wife.
After marriage if the boy or a girl said "oh! that actor or actress is hot", it was considered a sin and the husband or the wife could not take it. Not just in film industry but in our society too. Now things are changed. People like shah rukh, Hrithik, Abhishek got married when they just had a few hits and they are still popular. Gone are the days when the actor loses his stock because he is married and no longer desired. Same is the case with actresses. Kajol, Madhuri, Aishwarya got married when they were at the peak of the career. And even after their marriage they are still working. They are still doing the kissing scenes, they are still baring their body out and they still have fans.
This, I would call freedom, broad mindedness, maturity. Now how does this link to our society? our lives? Previously a girl was married off as soon as she turned 21 or 22. Today girls go for higher studies, work for some time and then get married. Even after the wedding, she continues to work and still can say to her husband "Hrithik is hot!!" and can handle "oh! Aishwarya is too hot!!" answer from her husband (I hope they can:)).
I think I do not have to say anything about the fashion influence that films have had on our society. All the make up parlors have been striving because of films. Every girl wants to look like her favorite star, dress like her, walk and talk like her. But it has had a positive outcome too. In the olden days it was not a familiar sight for a woman to wear designer trendy even short dresses and walk on the road. Today it is possible.
Movies have also changed the minds and mindsets of people through their subjects. After Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge movie got released, I saw many youngsters who did not choose the option of eloping and decided to stay patient and convince the parents before getting married. Thanks to a lot of other movies parents have begun to think about asking for kids opinion on some important matters instead of forcing their thinking on them. Look at the influence Rang De Basanthi and Lage Raho Munnabhai had on lot of people.
I think our society is now more broad minded, mature and open and I feel I am lucky to be living in these times. I have seen the society evolve in front of my eyes and would like to see it evolve even more and I know movies and movie stars would play a major role in this evolution.
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