Five things we learnt from Bollywood in 2015

Category: Entertainment

Another eventful year has gone by, so here’s what we need to ring out in the New Year. It’s that time of the year when one realistically looks back at the 12-month period that has passed to scan for mistakes to avoid and set new milestones. For Bollywood’s bright and better future here’s what we recommend filmmakers and filmwallahs to steer clear from… Not every film that wins awards at Cannes or a similar international film fest is depressing or niche Every time a film has garnered accolades at international film festivals, it has been often showered with brickbats back home. Reason? Mass audience often perceives it as serious, realistic and intellectual cinema and dismisses it. Yes, some films do portray a grim, gloomy and convoluted picture in the name of art, to an extent. But this year Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan (which won many awards at fests around the globe) was a realistic yet refreshingly told story about rural India, which showed that well-crafted cinema can be entertaining, emotional and sort of enlightening. Likewise, the Punjabi award-winning film, Gurvinder Singh’s Chauthi Koot was a poignant narrative revolving around the 1980s Sikh separatist movement and had almost everyone talking. 2013’s The Lunchbox (directed by Ritesh Batra) proved that art can be entertaining and universal in appeal too. These films give a new meaning to meaningful cinema.