“Films are meant
solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and
inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing
a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence
fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.” - Madhur Bhandarkar
Do you agree
with this view of the influence of film by Bhandarkar? I don’t. Films are more
than simple entertainment and they can have a variety of influences on the
viewer. Film surely is entertainment, but that is not its only effect or
function.
Film can be art, it can be propaganda, it can be a powerful means of
communication and education (especially so in the social arena). Film can be
subtle in its effects and it can have good or bad outcome in terms of changing
attitudes, modifying prejudices and arousing expectations in people.
What do you
think?
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