Whenever I watch any good American movie, I cant but appreciate an almost ever-existing under-current in all those movies. There got to be something towards the end of the movie, which shows the manifestation of human will and determination. Certain deed or heroic act by someone whose circumstances may not have possibly permitted him/her to perform the same. I wondered why it has to be like this in all the American movies? Is it that the movie industry there, is extremely benevolent and is single mindedly producing inspirational movies which give Americans the so called American-spirit? I came to realize that industries are same everywhere! For them, their interest and profit is beyond anything and everything.
Then I was listening to a Bollywood song one day. The very tune told me a lot. Most of the Bollywood songs tell you the tone of the hoi-poloi of Indian populace. Most movies target that. Then I remembered how in American theatres, irrespective of how many weeks a movie has run, everyone claps manically when the hero performs that last heroic act. This is the mass-psychology that the industries target. Americans are idol or hero worshippers. They recognize heroes, appreciate them to the point of worshipping. We in India are extremely poor in this aspect. We almost never appreciate all the small heroes living and breathing around us. Its not that such people are in any less number among us; its just that we somehow have developed this odd habit of ignoring our own achievements and achievers. We have stretched humility a bit too far... I think we need to change slightly; we need to be more appreciative; more impressible... more of a hero-worshipper!!
