Megastar Amitabh Bachchan stated on Saturday that society has always been the inspiration for film, even though the film industry is frequently blamed for changes in the morals of the country. In his speech to students at Pune’s Symbiosis Film Festival, the eighty-one-year-old movie legend discussed the criticism directed towards the film industry and the benefits and drawbacks of technological advancements in the film industry.
Amitabh Bachchan attended the festival at FTI
He and his wife Jaya Bachchan attended the festival’s opening ceremony, which was organized by Symbiosis International. He said, “Many times, the film industry comes under a lot of criticism and all kinds of accusations that you are responsible for changing the morals of the country and changing the attitude of the people. I’m sure that you know Jaya, who has studied formally at the Institute (FTII), would endorse the fact that stories and films are made from experiences that we noticed in nature, in the world, in everyday life, and that is what becomes our inspiration.”
Big B remembered that his late father, renowned writer and poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, used to watch a lot of Hindi movies on repeat television. According to the actor, his father cherished cinema’s poetic justice element. He said, “Cinema in itself has its own power. During the last years of my father’s life, every evening he would watch a film on television on cassette. Many times, the films that he saw were repeated. I asked him every evening, ‘You have watched the film, don’t you get bored? What do you find in Hindi cinema? I’d get to see poetic justice in three hours. You and I will not get to see poetic justice in a lifetime.’ And that is the learning that cinema gives to all.”
Big B praised Regional Films
He also praised the authenticity of Malayalam and Tamil movies but refuted the notion that South Indian cinema is outperforming Hindi cinema. He said, “Regional cinema has been doing very well. But when we talk to them, they say they are making the same kind of films that we do in Hindi. They just change the dressing so that they look beautiful. A lot of the people I’ve met said, ‘We are remaking your old films, there’s Deewar, Shakti and Sholay somewhere in all our stories.’ Malayalam and some of the Tamil cinema is authentic and aesthetic. This whole idea of pointing fingers at a particular region and saying that unki aachi chal rahi hai, humari nahi (they are better than us) is not right.”
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