This post on Quora saying audience is responsible!

What is wrong with Bollywood?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

I don't think there is anything, literally anything, wrong with it. (There are a few exceptions though)

For me, I think, Hindi Film Industry i.e. Bollywood is not doing anything wrong. To be very honest, it's going on a very good path. A totally correct one.

After all, we like it. Don't we?

They're producing what we want to see. They are giving content which we enjoy watching.

We should not forget that - if a content is being produced on a high rate, it means, it is being consumed on a high rate.

Content produced is directly proportional to content consumed.

Okay, maybe I've complicated this. Let's make it simpler.

Two actresses.

DISHA PATANI

Films:-

• M.S. Dhoni
• Baaghi 2
• Bharat
• Malang

(In half movie only, though)

TAAPSEE PANNU

Films:-

• Badla
• Game over
• Manmarziya
• Mission Mangal
• Judwaa 2
• Mulk
• Pink
• Saandh ki aankh
• Thappad

Now, who has produced better films? - of course DISHA!!!

Who's the national crush?

C’mon, we don't do partiality. We are so damn loyal. We can't be unfair.

DISHA is a better actress. She has given wonderful contribution to the film industry. She is an amazing person. And most importantly, she's hot. So, she is deserving for being “THE NATIONAL CRUSH OF OUR NATION”.

Saying about Taapsee, she is intelligent and smart which is not important in bollywood.

All you need is a hot, sexy, sizzling body and so she should leave bollywood and go back to her software engineer job.

Ahaaannnn!!

Not end yet,

This was about our honourable bollywood actresses and actor. (Same goes for actors too. Kartik is our girls’ dream crush, no? Rajkumar Rao? EWWWW)

Movies.

We are so fair that we always do well with good movies like Bharat, Dabbang series, Baaghi series etc.

Movies like Game over, Pink, Mulk, Thappad etc are shit and truly deserve the place they are at. They would never join the 100 crore club and it's our pledge.

We are so damn bloody smart and fair.

And then, we end up questioning -

What is wrong with Bollywood?

Believe me, there's nothing wrong in it. Not at least with Karan Johar and his films. Yup, if you find something wrong in them, just don't watch them. But, that's totally your problem.

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Nothing is wrong with them, whatever is wrong, is with us. Me and you!

I think this is sarcasm at its best

Originally posted by: desigal90

I think this is sarcasm at its best

Yeah of course it's sarcasm.

But isn't the underlying message that audience is responsible for the state of affairs?

Does nepotism exist in TV? Just a question?

I can see every time a new actor. Ekta ( I dislike her shows now) but she did give break to so many actors. I can see new face on TV every now and then, despite, there are shows which run for years with the same lead. I know, being a TV actor doesn't require the same skills to be a film actor but still. TV audience accept the new actors, even the web series audience, why, can't the film audience. Or may be film audience has accepted the new faces, Sushant wasn't rejected by the audience but Abhishek and Arjun got all the rejection from the audience. Their movies don't do well commercially if they are solo leads.

But Ayushmann, Kartik Aryan , even Vidya and Kangana are accepted by the audience, isn't it?

I have so much confusion now.

The thing is we have a massive population with different tastes and likes, many people can't afford to spend their money on a movie that reminds of them their daily grind or sad state of affairs.

Moreover the item numbers , when women have been objectified since so long , with their primary motive to make life better for her male counterparts why would anyone care for upliftment? A male is supposed to solve all problems and women has to support, if people have been fed this idea million times , this is what they will be comfortable to be watching on screen.

Sorry, I deviated from the topiv but just give Disha Patni a female centric movie without a big co-star like Tapsee, I think the movie will not even reach where movies with Tapsee reached. I do agree with the looks thing but not completely. A movie can't be own by a talentless actor or actress , just on the basis of looks. I do agree that RKR is more talented than Kartik and I hope, they he has the ability to carry a movie and make it commercial success like Stree, he has made some horrible choices.

Originally posted by: Renee.Clare

Does nepotism exist in TV? Just a question?

I can see every time a new actor. Ekta ( I dislike her shows now) but she did give break to so many actors. I can see new face on TV every now and then, despite, there are shows which run for years with the same lead. I know, being a TV actor doesn't require the same skills to be a film actor but still. TV audience accept the new actors, even the web series audience, why, can't the film audience. Or may be film audience has accepted the new faces, Sushant wasn't rejected by the audience but Abhishek and Arjun got all the rejection from the audience. Their movies don't do well commercially if they are solo leads.

But Ayushmann, Kartik Aryan , even Vidya and Kangana are accepted by the audience, isn't it?

I have so much confusion now.

You are right. TV industry does have a lot of outsiders. But TV is not a high-stake medium like cinema. TV soaps is mostly watched by middle-class housewives, so the TV stars have limited visibility.

Cinema is a far more influential medium as it cuts across barriers of gender and class, and the audience for cinema is far wider. You could argue that this should mean that cinema should play on the principle of survival of the fittest, but in India it doesn't.

This article explains it very well

https://theprint.in/opinion/bollywood-nepotism-karan-johar-sushant-singh-rajput/445850/

Originally posted by: Renee.Clare

Does nepotism exist in TV? Just a question?

I can see every time a new actor. Ekta ( I dislike her shows now) but she did give break to so many actors. I can see new face on TV every now and then, despite, there are shows which run for years with the same lead. I know, being a TV actor doesn't require the same skills to be a film actor but still. TV audience accept the new actors, even the web series audience, why, can't the film audience. Or may be film audience has accepted the new faces, Sushant wasn't rejected by the audience but Abhishek and Arjun got all the rejection from the audience. Their movies don't do well commercially if they are solo leads.

But Ayushmann, Kartik Aryan , even Vidya and Kangana are accepted by the audience, isn't it?

I have so much confusion now.

Television runs on different plane in india

Most of the people who contribute to trp don't use instagram, Facebook or even google the actors. It should be family oriented , and should have some semblance of romance which isn't even that big of a requirement. Little promotion is required , tv sets and costumes are shared, no storyline at all. They can go on for years with little costs or effort in form of creativity.

Look at kum kumbhagya the trp topper, there is absolutely no story line , runs due to leads and the villain but it continues to be there because people apparently appreciate it.

Most of the movies disha has done have nepo kids and stars in it. She indirectly benefitted from their audience. Anyone who considers babes like katrina and disha as 'actresses' because they dance well and have good bods are kidding . Disha maybe a 'national crush' but she is not an actress.

Originally posted by: grumpydwarf

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The author is being sarcastic. She is trying to say that we get what we deserve. And we deserve a Disha Patani more than a Taapsee Pannu.