“The only difference
between a Bollywood story writer and a common person like you and me, is that
he has seen exactly one more Hollywood movie than you…which one? The one he
copies, and makes movie for you to see…..”
It took me the hard way
to realize this fact.
I am a big Bollywood fan.
Even after these incidences, I still am. While talking to the people from other
countries, western countries, in those days, I was always eager to share the
good Bollywood movies with them…wanted to prove that our movies are also as
good as theirs….
To my astonishment, I never
received even an affirmative node. I went on wondering….
Tezaab came in 1988. The
famous action scene, with cradle going down the stairs and Anil Kapoor chasing
it, was something we all had never seen before….we saw it with ‘awe’….opened
eyes….and saw it again and again….why would we not? It was a great movie, great
music, directed by the famous director who gave us ‘Ankush’…..
Fast forward to 1992. Those
were the days of LDs. Not CDs. One generation before CDs, there were LDs. And one
day, I caught this movie. The Untouchables. And the famous action scene on
steps…..
One hand, I was happy to
see this wonderful action movie that was going to remain my favourite for the
rest of my life….on other hand, there was this feeling of being cheated….I would recall again and again how many time I had discussed this great movie
with friends and cousins from western countries…..they must have been laughing…..and
I suddenly realized why there was not even a affirmative node…..
The copy was at such
level that even the expressions of the female, whose baby goes down the steps
in the cradle were same…..later on, after the internet, I would come to know
that The Untouchables, was exactly one year before Tezaab, 1987….
This is true everywhere.
Every work of art or research must have one thing. The prime requirement is
originality. Originality accounts and in most of the world, let it be movies or
art or research, it is the only one thing that matters…..!
Himanshu (Arjun) Padhya
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