Bollywood is a big "money-spinning" industry with good features mentioned in the article above. It is "entertainment" but, my view is: Even entertainment should not be "cliched"!! 1) Since the 1970s, Bd.films are mostly "masala". One scene we see dancing in wild happiness, next scene, someone is dying clutching his or her chest. One scene great mirth, next loud wailing. Quick turn over, loud, angry dialogues, using only a small range of vocabulary. There is not that much "characterisation". Motives are too simple and plain for our current world. Heroes are gentle and always right and villains are rapists. Almost all "macho" male characters smoke cigarettes or drink. Bd. and Kd. directors do not know how else to show male "macho"-ness. They know only one type of "romantic love" - the sickly sweet variety where the two fall in love at first sight, next scene they are running round some trees, may be in a snowy mountain!!! Bd makes bad historical movies. No quality such as in Western, Russian or Japanese movies. Escapism is okay up to a point. But "realism" cannot be sacrificed so completely. The story line and dialogue are very low to ordinary quality. Then, predictability - after about 30 minutes of watching most Bollywood movies, you can predict how the story line may proceed. Every sort of movie, historical, comiedies and tragedies, revolves around romance. Ashoka, even Mughal-e-Azam, no good in conveying any historical sense. U can end up with
