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Originally posted by: Minionite

Here's my part on negative impact of pandemic. Please feel free to edit and/or suggest improvements to this.

The pandemic has not just brought out positive impacts in the world of cinema, but also many negative impacts with Bollywood being the hardest hit in terms of negativity.

Several popular and celebrated celebrities passed away during the pandemic, including Irrfan Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput, SP Balasubrahmanyam, Saroj Khan, Nishikant Kamat, Sameer Sharma, Jagdeep, Wajid Khan, and Nimmi. These deaths, while mourned greatly, also brought other celebrities out from under the rocks to celebrate that one 10-minute meeting as a “life-changing” moment. It brought out wannabes and publicity-hungry people who used these deaths for their 10 minutes of fame.

One death sparked a rather controversial and widespread campaign against a long-standing Bollywood norm – groupism and nepotism. On June 14, 2020, Sushant Singh Rajput took his own life and his fans, and later a large part of the online audience, began a long and arduous battle against nepotism and groupism in Bollywood. They trolled and hated on the likes of Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Jhanvi Kapoor, Ananya Pandey, and more. While many celebs claimed that there are no groups and everyone is welcome, others made this a story of personal vendetta posting tweets and videos about their own “struggles” and problems in Bollywood.

Rajput’s death also brought another dark side of Bollywood to light: drug abuse. While drug abuse was not an unknown subject, the various police investigations and cases brought to light the full extent of the drug abuse with many well-known and popular celebrities being named.

All of this negative attention led to many star-kid led films being badly trashed when they released over the web. Movies such as Gunjan Saxena The Kargil Girl, Sadak 2, Khaali Peeli, and Coolie No 1 flopped badly due to the actors and plots, while films such as Dil Bechara and Khuda Haafiz were celebrated and loved by the masses. Additionally, webseries took the place of films in people’s watchlist with many webseries becoming as successful if not more popular than movies.

The pandemic also shut down theatres and shootings, which led to many films getting postponed for theatre reopenings. Films such as 83,Radhe, and Sooryavanshi all saw multiple postponements as producers, directors, and actors waited for the theatres to reopen. In the meantime, the gap was filled by TV and webseries – platforms that Bollywood typically looked down upon but proved their mettle and worth in the pandemic. Shows and webseries that had been shot previously were released during the pandemic. And when shootings were allowed to start again, TV shows and webseries were the first ones back on air.

Finally, the pandemic revealed another ugly side of Bollywood – the elitism. While most common people stayed home and followed pandemic rules, celebrities took the pandemic as a vacation break. Many were caught traveling, partying, and flaunting a general disregard for pandemic closures. Some used their position to get their favourite gyms to open, while others took the pandemic as a time to host a dinner party at their favourite restaurants. When caught they used similar excuses or claimed it was a “heat of the moment decision” or a “bad decision” to get away from the scrutiny.

The write up looks amazing❤️. I'm sorry but the only problem I've is with the length, otherwise if you feel it can't be lessened then no problem. 😊

Originally posted by: Life_Is_Dutiful

@NSKay, Ur writeup is really amazing. Since we are talking about television also so u can a small paragraph on return of 80s and 90s daily soaps and how not just the middle aged and older generation but even the younger generation loved those serials specially Ramanand Sagar's Ramayana and B.R.Chopra's Mahabharat. Maybe U can even mention the numerous entertaining memes we got on sm of these two shows. 😂

Oh man! It seriously skipped my mind. Thank you for your input. I'll add this and present it tomorrow. 😃

@ NSKay: I like your write-up. I just have one point to add as well. Remakes and second seasons of popular shows are also doing very well on TV. For example, Anupamaa, Rasode Mein Kaun Hai Season 2, now Maakhi season 2 is also coming back. 😆

Originally posted by: NSKay

Corona, the deadly virus had brought the whole world to stand still with its outbreak and tendency to spread around like wildfire, resulting in a worldwide lockdown. Due to which, many spheres of the economy got affected and the world’s economy went into recession. One of those was the glamorous and glittering world of Indian cinema.

However, this pandemic paved a path for Indian cinema to the OTT platforms. The online platforms’ subscriptions proliferated rapidly. Online streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon Prime saw this pandemic as an opportunity and tried to lure the audience of every age group with every business trick known.

These platforms boomed in the terms of economy and audience base. In return, they offered a vast diversity to the audience on their mobile screens in the difficult time of pandemic when a task like going to theaters looked life risking.

One of the factors that worked in their favor was the ‘content’. Their content is far more superior to regular cinema. This could work as a trigger to the mainstream cinema to create some quality content, better than what have been peddled until now.

The trend of audience pivoting around the stars appear to deplete. Deserving artists and films that might have not found a niche in the mainstream now are sharing the same platform and perhaps could get the due recognition and appreciation.

Another sector that bloomed in the midst of the pandemic is – animation. The animated content has increased over a period, particularly targeting the children. Many OTT platforms have specially created a separate section for animated movies.

Ok, so how’s it? I’ve tried to keep it short and crisp. Feel free to edit and do point out if there’s some mistake. :)

I really like it. I would also like to add the point of re-airing old shows which did great on TV :)

I think we can add a post of recent changes on the shooting sets, like:

-taking body temperature of the cast and crew members

-providing masks and gloves to the crew

- extra cleaning shifts

- keeping the employees informed about any outbreaks

- limiting the number of people on set at any given time

- speeding up the process of filming and wrapping up the production as soon as possible.

If you guys have some other points then we can add them :)

Also, celebrities doing music videos can be a point in your part 😳

Originally posted by: Minionite

@ NSKay: I like your write-up. I just have one point to add as well. Remakes and second seasons of popular shows are also doing very well on TV. For example, Anupamaa, Rasode Mein Kaun Hai Season 2, now Maakhi season 2 is also coming back. 😆

Originally posted by: ShiriFictionPen

I really like it. I would also like to add the point of re-airing old shows which did great on TV :)

Thank you for the input. I'll surely include this. 😃

@Minionite - How I wish I could include these exact names in the write up!😆

Originally posted by: ShiriFictionPen

Also, celebrities doing music videos can be a point in your part 😳

But how this could be a positive impact?

People I was wondering about the main headings, why don't we keep it like any dialogue of a movie or song name or movie names?

For example: 'The show must go on' from movie joker can be an option for the main title.

Originally posted by: NSKay

But how this could be a positive impact?

Along with the OTT, the music streaming platforms saw a steady growth in their business.

Irrespective of the pandemic and the lockdown, music was still being streamed and performed on various platforms and the music continued generating royalties with celebrities working on music videos when shows with low trp were pulled off air instantly while few shows ended abruptly.