Why bollywood movies nowadays don't have repeat value - Page 4

Deewar is not at all like Sharaabi or Laawaris and there is no illegitimate orphan angle in Deewar. It is entirely different with a working class family traumatised by rich corporates. Trishul is also not same as Deewar or Laawaris because in Trishul the man wants revenge from his illegitimate dad for dumping him and his mom but in Laawaris he had no revenge type feeling for his dad. Neither does Amitabh try to build a rival business empire in Laawaris. He is just an employee at own dad's mill there.

Originally posted by: Supari_khala

We as a collective have shorter attention spans and gazillion other options to pick and choose from compared to the past. So why bother with the basic stuff

This is true. Too many options thanks to internet now.

And bazillion apps, TV channels, content creators, books, media, games online.

But older films indeed have more repeat value compared to most BW content that came after Dangal in 2015.

As I cannot comment on South versus North (limited knowledge), I very well can comment on the repeat value of Hindi movies...

I think, repeat viewing has nothing to do with the movies as such but with something one calls "Zeitgeist" (a German word also existing in English)...the spirit of a certain time.

Looking at my kids here, some HIndi movies on DVD I've collected still have repeat value (it's the same with CD's and even old audio cassettes)...I think, for them, there still is also the value to have something in hand, something, one can touch.

Since the dawn of streaming services, Internet has changed movie watching behaviour a lot...also the gathering as a family to watch a movie together, to make it a private event...maybe with kids around it still happens.

Since streaming services and a huge additional number of TV channels give an almost unlimited choice, the wish to discover new movies simply doesn't leave the time to think of a repeat value (and doing that in a theatre has become too costly, even on single screens) - at least rather not for adults.

I'm against the statement that after a certain date there aren't Hindi movies one could watch more than once, it's just that -in general - the offer of (international) movies and TV series has increased in a way that makes addictive to new input.

Repeat value nahi hai kyonki content ka Kami nahi hai

Pahle ka movies bahut baar dekhte the kyonki gin ke kuchh channels pe movie ata tha aur logon ko wahi dekhna padta tha

Bw movies are crap

I think some Bollywood fans finally struck on an excuse they can use without pissing off one or more sections.

First pandemic

Then OTT

Then audience

Now it's the south.

And apparently, bigotry is coming from the south. The nearly 80 years after Indian independence says otherwise, but ok.

Nope, BW is not failing because the current lot have no talent, no vision, and are lazy. Not because they copy shamelessly from various industries.

It's the south's fault. 👍🏼 And this is happening in 2022.

Originally posted by: HearMeRoar

I think some Bollywood fans finally struck on an excuse they can use without pissing off one or more sections.

First pandemic

Then OTT

Then audience

Now it's the south.

And apparently, bigotry is coming from the south. The nearly 80 years after Indian independence says otherwise, but ok.

Nope, BW is not failing because the current lot have no talent, no vision, and are lazy. Not because they copy shamelessly from various industries.

It's the south's fault. 👍🏼 And this is happening in 2022.

U forgot , india gdp is dwindling n to divert from it bw is targeted by ruling

certain section targeted bw , when Prithvi raj flop mock saying ak do cowurine party

for brahmastra mock saying beef party , oh spreading love through bw topics .

Bw is soft target n bw arrest krk for old tweets on Rishi , irfan just before brahmastra release lol .

Guys please stop this North vs South debates. Bollywood can only blame itself for the crap it is producing. And the culture of every movie being a South remake is also not healthy. For a industry to flourish, it should make good original content. Having said that expect for few good ones like ghajini, bhul bhulaiyan etc, most South remakes are just mass entertainers, with no repeat value.

And I don't take the point that due to surge of content, there is no need of repeat value. That is not true. I have seen many good web series more than once. Whenever we want to repeat watch a movie, we pick pre 2010s movie generally. Only 2010s movies I have seen multiple times is znmd, yjhd.

So what are the reasons film quality has deteriorated.

Nobody is blaming only South so you can stop taking it personally.

Everyone has said BW lacks talented actors, writers and originality and are so lazy that they remake or remix even songs and films that are hardly decade old.

IDK why you read only South Indian remakes part and leave rest of posts criticising Bollywood.

New lot is crap and senior stars are ageing or do less work or do films that glorify them. But lack good content. There is also vulgarity, profanity and westernized stuff which may put off family audience. Content is also too urban and not what interiors and small town audience can relate to.

And remakes will be called out because their content is crap and it is also futile to make remakes when originals are there to see online or on TV with dubbed versions.

Originally posted by: HearMeRoar

Name some south style action dialogue hits done by Bollywood. Please do tell us how those are diff from Amitabh movies of the 80s.

South makes really good cinema. Just because BW has only attention span enough for the low brow kind, doesn't mean the rest of us don't watch good movies.

I would prefer those 80s movies over any commercial remakes from south industry made today. I never targetted the south movies. I just said the movies post 2010 were only the "south style action and dialogues" and unfortunately only those were noticeable with 100 crore clubs being formed.

With this into context, other stories were never made for the big screen like before which could be watched with families or even have repeat values.

And barring a few people, I take majority public as the point of argument that only such movies were preferred by audiences to come towards theatres.