[Assam] Bollywood compromising quality: Jahnu Baruah

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

Bollywood compromising quality: Jahnu Baruah 
              NET News Network 
              Guwahati, Aug 25: National award winning filmmaker, Padmashree Jahnu        Baruah today lamented over the current phase through which Indian Cinema        is passing through while taking potshots on all those who just swears by        candyfloss entertainment, hampering the standards of filmmaking. 
              According to Baruah, with the influx of market-oriented stars in Bollywood,        Indian cinema has lost its classical touch, which has affected the overall        quality of filmmaking. 
              Baruah while delivering speech in the 4th Jyoti Prasad Agarwala Memorial        Lecture in city’s B Baruah College, on Friday, lamented over the way        Bollywood actress are presented. 
              “Most of the actresses have been branded like a product marketed with a        stereotype   image with almost no ecstasy about their looks”, Baruah        rued.   
              He further pointed out that most of the recent heroines in Indian Cinema        are the byproduct of the ramp world with no any prior touch with cinema.  
              Baruah who shot in Bollywood limelight with his critically acclaimed movie        Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara turned the heat on the society for not voicing        against such vulgarities, which at the same time demeaning the taste of        the people. 
              Describing that there are both positive and negative consequences of the        ‘liberalization of Indian cinema’ he said, “While it helps in creating        true talents it also mends the way for those who just are lured by its        glamour and glitz. 
              “But amidst of all unwanted developments”, he said, “I am hopeful about        what few people calls as parallel cinema like Iqubal, Maqbool, 15 Park        Avenue, Everyone Says I Am Fine, My Brother Nikhil, AIDS and Hazaro        Khwaise Aisi that has got wider acceptance.”  
              Baruah also focused on the digital and technological development in this        sector, which is helping the technicians tremendously in bringing better        quality into this field. 
       “        I feel pain whenever I am asked to dwell on the pathetic condition of        regional film industry ”, lamented Baruah while stating that for the        regional films the question is more of survival than setting new trends.

 		
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