Inertia

Why didn't we have Mogambo do SRK's role in Main Hoon Naa(Reason I chose this is Mogambo can fit the aged professor returning back to college)? How will it be if Rani and Kareena swap their roles in Talaash?

Why do we have the tendency of sticking to a character for the artist. We want the villain to always act as villains, heroes as heroes, good as good, evil as evil. Its hard for us to see a hero doing a villainous act(negative role taken up to do good things or payback is not a villain), a vamp doing a cute lovely heroine, etc. I can't see Bhabo( of Diya aur Baati hum) do let her guard off and dance in Star Parivar shows, nor let Kokhila Ben(of Saath Nibaana Saathiya) to do the compering. This is not because they are not good but more so, a cruel person seems to lose the cruelty of the first character when he/she acts as a nice person. So when we go back to watching their stoic or commanding role, the stoicity or sternness is lost I am not asking to cast them into unsuitable characters. But earlier villains were just bad; no strong reason for their act; they had grudge on all good people; they are what they are. Serials had a cunning lady, with no reason behind it, with no other eligibility criteria than she could express evil by her uncute looks. These days, the villains(other than terrorists) are villains by chance(not by choice).

I am searching for the iconic bad guy - there are none, not to mention the movies I am watching - Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Life of Pi, Wreck it Ralph, etc. So why is that we are still not able to accept change? Do we have a term for this in psychological world, similar to inertia(Courtesy wiki: Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion or rest, or the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion)

 On other note, Read "Raja Thilagam" of Sandilyan second time. There is a very subtle justification for bigamy /polygamy. Was just wondering what will happen, if, even these days, the war can be avoided by the families of Presidents/Prime Ministers getting into marital relations with neighbouring countries,or, between states.  But this is democracy and hence there is uncertainty about their rule. Must say that dictatorship or ruling by descendants of royal family had its advantages.


 

Where are we heading?

[A old post written in Mar 2012 and was lying in draft state]

While I was waiting for the third book of Shiva trilogy, I started reading the Millennium Trilogy.

But totally unrelated to it, I happened to watch a lot of movies like "Roommate", "Road"
Most of the people can't drive without GPS. Being alert on road signs or direction signboards to reach the destination is old fashion. We are afraid of interaction with human beings. You never know the person you are asking direction could be a psychopath and may hop on to your vehicle and lead you to danger[Thanks to our Hollywood and Bollywood movies. There were lesser psychos in previous century]. The lesser interactions with other humans and higher interactions with gadgets will make a person less conversant, decrease mental stability and create psychological stress.