Leave Bollywood alone
BJP is pitching for original nomenclature in Indian languages for film
industries. Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore is being asked to coin an appropriate name
for the Hindi film industry. This plea is
being made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Kailash
Vijayvargiy.
A renowned Bollywood director was heard saying that the term ‘Bollywood’
now used to refer to the Hindi film industry was a derogatory reference coined
by foreign media, as though we
were a pale copy of Hollywood. This
hurts our self-respect, he said.
In 1998, the then NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government under
Atalji (former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee) conferred industry status
on the Indian film industry, and freed it from the shackles of the mafia and
its illegal finances. Now, institutional finance is available to make films,
and the change is showing in terms of the clean-up that has happened. This NDA
government could also contribute to the change in the way the industry is
named, something that will reflect self-respect and pride
When there is nothing to do, the politicians change the name of Streets,
Roads or even Bollywood. Self respect
and pride should come from the industry itself like spirit of patriotism and
nationalism, fellow feeling for all Indians should come from the heart of every
Indian. These do not come by changing names, renaming etc. The demand should
come from the people themselves in Industry. Unfortunately the present cinema
industry makes jokes of Indian spirituality, religions, in the name of
entertainment and modern fashion. We the Indian citizens are to be blamed for
it as we have permitted these in films.
The question is have our country run out of more important issues? What are
our leaders up to, so many major issues are pending, people are dying of hunger
and unemployment (most common issue) and our eligible leader is wasting his
precious time and power on an entertainment industry.
The politicians should leave Bollywood alone. They survive on tax payers’
money and have too much on plate to do something good rather than thinking of
name change. Leave Bollywood alone.
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