In defense of bollywood and Politics of the mind

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No offense to anybody, I love love and Shah Rukh Khan!
He is Rahul. Raj. And everything that we want in a guy.

Shah Rukh Khan shows that 'looks' and 'heorism' is not as important as 'emotions' and 'feelings' are.

No offense to women.

You are very smart but when it comes to love, you are dumb. Kindly marry your friends. My friends in men and women have suffered in the hands of manipulative and soft power.
They say, never trust a women who dresses too boldly, laughs too much and only hangs out with a group of guys.

A balanced woman is the one who knows herself and never depends on anyone. She is complete by herself and if she is not, better go the bank, check your bank balance, earn, buy an auto or a bus and help others.

Stop messing around.

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Addressing the 'perennial elephant' in any room, why is bollywood so important?
Because emotions are.

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I have listened to both the sides for years and years and my answer is: Politics of the mind

Both the genders, rather every gender, irresespecitve of caste, creed, religion, region shares the common love for power and manipulation.

However, a few of us who are shy and introvert-ish, love to be in the background and sip the chai and watch the actors.

I don't think Alia Bhatt was a loudmouth or spoke her lungs out, like Kajol, to make her point. Her subtle nature and her demeanour in every movie reflects the generation today.

Her roles in most movies are similar to an extent that I don't realise which 'dulhania' is she now.
Badri's or Humpty or..



But her equation with Varun Dhawan or with other actors is so charismatic, you forget you are watching a movie. Life just rolls by when you think of movies and songs.

We can make things tough for us through false sense of entitlement and a system so rigid that we ave forgotten to read, breathe and reflect.

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Parents and Children in Bollywood

Bollywood has a false sense of 'happy' notion. I have never seen someone as happy and having so many functions as the ones in any Bollywood flick. Most families are dysfunctional. We are largely quiet, sleep in the house, check our phones, or fight like cats and dogs till one of us keeps quiet.

However, we feel happy when things go right. 
Poeple have opinions when they have experiences, the rest just have too much idle time and dead end jobs.

Let's grow up and treat our elders with the respect they deserve and treat ourselves with the respect we deserve.

Our parents have age and experience and no 'app' or 'meeting' can replace it.

Shut those lapotops and stop aping the west and eat a meal minus the technology. Go to 'dialogue in the dark'

Have discomfort in life. Your money without culture and without love is waste.

Like my Bhabhi says,
Stop being a knowledgeable idiot.

 


 


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