Originally posted by: blue-ice
I agree with you...Films/TV have a big impact on the young minds when their idols are doing something ...the young fans think its OK to follow them...but then the movie shows what the society wants to see...both the parents and the stars have to share the burden over here...Just one party cannot be held reponsible...
when Shahrukh had started the trend of anti-hero with baazigar , Darr and Anjaam...there was a big Debate on whether the movie stars or the so called Heroes...should be doing negative roles and what message does it send to the young fans...There is a program called Blue's clues which is targeted at kids from the ages of 3 to 10...the person who hosts it was very popular among little kids...Now that person went ahead and started doing a serial where he acted as a killer...there was a big uproar over that...that how could he do that...what if the kids saw him as a killer...what impact would it have on them...so even though tht serial was for a late night slot when the kids are supposed to be sleeping...he still gave up on that role...So yeah...these mega stars whether its Salman saying..laundiya patayenge or its SRK smoking in public or acting as Don and going scott free...or Kareena and Katrina..gyrating to chikni chameli or halkat jawani...somewhere makes it right for the young mind to do that...so movie makers and parents both are at fault..
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