Quality is subjective. The definition of "Quality" differs from person to person. Someone in india who drives an auto rickshaw and has no inclination abt hollywood/foreign movies or the multiplex movies would think Singham is good quality stuff.
For most of us who have been exposed to a wider range of cinema and therefore even better cinema, its utter crap. Someone who has been bought up on a staple diet of film festival foreign movies would find Omkara mediocre stuff, while for us, its brilliant.
It depends on wht the person thinks is "good cinema"...My dad thinks hero bashing up 50 people at once is entertaining cinema, my mum hates tht and thinks srk dancing at a wedding with 50 ppl wearing manish malhotra clothes is entertaining, my brother thinks edgy tarantinoeque films like Love sex aur dhoka are entertaining. If my family alone has so many definitions of a "good movie", the entire nation would have a million more.
The average cinegoer who goes to watch a film wants a good film. He dosent care abt BO success...why would he care if the film earns 200 crores or 300 crores...its not like hes benefiting from it...
BUT
Films are Box office successes because they are considered to be "good" by the majority of its audience. The hunger for box office success comes from the fact that soo many people are living off films...right from the spot boy to the superstar to the producer, cinematographer, costume designer...everyone gets their bread and butter from films. So a film that earns well at the box office is equally important as it fills these ppl's pockets and gets them going to do more work. Why should the producers risk their money and the earnings of an entire 300+ cast and crew for someone who claims he makes "meaningful cinema"?? A film first needs to put majority of the butts in the seats and hold them there until the end credits. If it fails there, then its a useless film.
IMO, a hit movie or an acclaimed movie, both deserve the same respect because they have succeeded in their goal of what a film is meant to do...entertain the majority.
Edited by smartie_pants - 14 years ago
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