Bollywood and Gen Z - Page 2

Originally posted by: mintyblue

Bheed falls in the latter category, and hardly anyone went to see it.

I saw the promo and that was sufficient

Originally posted by: oye_nakhrewaali

@last part, khatam, tata, goodbye, gaya😅

Housefull4 ko toh genz ne 100 crore kamava diye😅

I don't think it was gen z though... none of my friends even wanted to watch it after Housefull 3

I doubt anyone wants to see Bheed, Thappad, Article 15 or even TZP in this time.

Action films let you release own pent up anger and frustration vicariously through characters.

Just as frustration of youth in real life and events like Emergency were reason why Salim Javed scripts and Amitabh action films were lapped up, which may not have been lapped up earlier or say, in 90s.

When you are grieving or sitting jobless, why will you like a heavy or emotional film? You will channelise own helplessness through a larger than life hero fighting and emerging as winner against all odds.

I can entirely understand appeal of KGF, Pushpa, RRR, Kantara, Bahubali, Bhool bhulaiya etc in this era from a psychology POV.

Originally posted by: Uday_Shetty

I don't think it was gen z though... none of my friends even wanted to watch it after Housefull 3

Sarcasm tha jaani🥹

Originally posted by: atominis

I doubt anyone wants to see Bheed, Thappad, Article 15 or even TZP in this time.

Action films let you release own pent up anger and frustration vicariously through characters.

Just as frustration of youth in real life and events like Emergency were reason why Salim Javed scripts and Amitabh action films were lapped up, which may not have been lapped up earlier or say, in 90s.

When you are grieving or sitting jobless, why will you like a heavy or emotional film? You will channelise own helplessness through a larger than life hero fighting and emerging as winner against all odds.

I can entirely understand appeal of KGF, Pushpa, RRR, Kantara, Bahubali, Bhool bhulaiya etc in this era from a psychology POV.

Yes Kantara was an absolute mesmerizing experience barring the few misogynistic scenes. That movie had a lowly hero fighting against the big and powerful, the typical mass film story but the way it delved into the mythology with the acting and music just transcended audience to an almost spritual experience. I watched it in a theatre with mostly young crowd, even the usual group of guys who wouldn't stop commenting in Marvel movies were spellbound from the first scene.

Now why can't such a story not originate from streets of Varanasi which has so much to offer in such a genre. It's just the 'biggies' of BW won't even fund the script let alone go for search of such stories and reasearch them and choose to play safe and cry boycott when their crap of a movie flops badly.

I am yet to see Kantara but I was repelled by some misogynist scenes going viral online.

I hope to see it given the reviews it got and my curiosity about the Bhoot Kola dance sequence.

Thinking that there is any standard formula to success is what everyone seems to get wrong. I don’t think it’s about “action sells”, “SRK sells”, “VFX sells” etc. People say nationalism and politics sells, and attribute the success of TKF or Uri to this. But then seemingly have nothing to say when other nationalistic themed movies absolutely tank at the BO? For every Pathaan, there is 3 Dilwale, Zero, Happy New Years. Mary Kom as a sports based women centric movie was a success, Shradha’s Haseena Parkar and Pari’s Saina failed to recreate that success. There is no standard formula. Just make a good movie.

Originally posted by: atominis

I am yet to see Kantara but I was repelled by some misogynist scenes going viral online.

I hope to see it given the reviews it got and my curiosity about the Bhoot Kola dance sequence.

I don’t remember the last time I gave up on a movie halfway. I found it awful. All the movie characters were annoying, and I just couldn’t continue. I’m told the climax is good, but can’t get over the terrible first half. Disappointing after it starts off so interesting in the opening scene.