SIXTEEN | Part 4 | THE END

I told Uma’s friend Kavya to bring Uma at a place which was far from the vicinity of Uma’s residence.  All had gathered on time and were waiting for Uma to enter. I received a call from Kavya that the birthday girl is about to enter the café in next few minutes. I told everyone to hide and come out after Uma and Kavya enter the café. Soon, Uma arrived like a princess. She looked gorgeous in her one piece and her bright smile for which I already adored her was mesmerizing.

The plan was executed and a mix of laughter and surprise glittered on Uma’s face. Her eyes searched me in the crowd; I could say that because I never took my eyes off her since she entered the café. I hugged her tight and instead of saying happy birthday I finally blurted out I love You Uma. To which she instantly replied, “I love you too”. I looked at her, the tears rolling down it was indeed a sweet sixteen moment. The teenage love was pure and immature yet we decided to glide through the moment without worrying about our future.

It was past 10:30, all invited friends made their way home. I and Uma left after everyone left. It was a cold night. The city being far, I had got my scooter to the party place. We left, she held her arms around my waist and to my comfort I was happy with butterflies in the stomach. It was dark and cold. The fog on the road had made it a zero visibility zone. I was slow but steady. Suddenly, the truck lights flashed and blinded me, losing my balance we fell on the side of the road but fortunately none of us were hurt. The scooter refused to start and the headlight cracked. We were stranded. It was late, the happiness of an amazing birthday night was fading out. I was scared not because I am just sixteen. I was scared because I was stranded late night, middle of a secluded road without license and friends scooter which stopped working.

She was scared and I could sense a terror feeling in her eyes, she wanted to rush home. I spotted a car coming towards us it was my fault that I asked for a lift. A gang of few drunkards stopped with lust dripping down their mouth. I did manage to say no thank you but they insisted on dropping us till the city road. Uma and I, left with no other option, soon got into the car along with three other men. It was that moment for me and Uma.The end of our love and life. I was knocked out with a blow and tied while they took turns to rape Uma.

Next morning, I woke up in the hospital to see Uma’s Dad in anger and with a want of killing me. Being a big man he is, he managed to feed policemen with amounts desired and I was put behind bars by making me one of the culprits. This had totally shattered my Dad and Uma was no longer there to explain what happened. I couldn’t take this trauma and humiliation and rather accepted for a crime I never committed. I loved Uma, I loved her a lot. It was my teenage love and indeed a special one to remember.

I lived three years with the ones I saw raping Uma, I think you saving me has a purpose.

It’s better to go in jail committing a crime rather without one.

“What are you talking about? Are you mad?” The fisherman exclaimed.

You need some sleep, you are young take some time to think what you intend to do in future, till then you are welcomed to stay here with me.

Vitthal looks at the fisherman and utters Thank You, Dada.

SIXTEEN | Part 3

1.       I met Uma in college. It all started when our first year exams were about to begin. Uma was brilliant in studies and I like any other last bench boy was lucky enough to get her as my exam partner.  Though she was our trustee’s daughter, she never showed off her rich attitude. Kind and always helpful, Uma had the most beautiful smile on earth. Any person would go high over heels for her. I being a cartoon in the class had no chance ever to get a girl like her to fall in love with me. ‘Uma wed's Vitthal’ sounded cheap even back then, you can understand from this when our names sound awful together, imagine the reality.

I belonged from a lower middle-class family but I was content, as I was my dad’s only response to handle. It was partially embarrassing for me to visit the same college where my dad worked as a peon and having a love affair that too with trustee’s daughter was out of my own imagination.

Uma helped me a lot to cope up with studies and difficult accounting problems. My friend circle was full of scholars and knowledgeable geeks who had the answers for everything in life except academic syllabus. Sixteen and young to party, enjoy and have fun was the sole purpose of our lives. Dad was earning and I was getting my pocket money. We were riding bikes in town and spending as much as we liked to.

It’s said that a girl can turn your life upside- down and not so soon my life experienced a Hurricane. After the first semester, I and Uma were more close as friends; I had changed completely” according to my friends”. I started saving money, studying, sitting regularly for lectures and avoiding bad habits.

I realized that I have started to develop a crush on Uma and would often dream about her. It was during our college festival - I being the head of the managing committee, worked vigorously to accomplish the festival on a good note. I was successful and was praised for my caliber. I was amazed to know that I had such potential myself. Uma was impressed by my dedication towards particular tasks given to me and soon our chats were taking much deeper turns.

Our bonding had grown much intense. College mates had a rough clue of what we were implying emotionally towards each other. The teasing had started and to our misfortune, my Dad and her Father got a hint.

It was conveyed through expression that none of them had liked the path we were about to settle. We escaped the talks somehow but kept meeting and hanging out with each other. It was near. I had to plan something really good to impress Uma to tell her my feelings. I found no better time to express my love to Uma. It was her sixteenth birthday. I made a surprise plan. The party was planned at night, therefore I told Uma’s friend to help and convince Uma’s Dad to allow her staying out late.

Vitthal ! Why are you crying? What happened next? You need some water. Wait,’ the fisherman said’.

Vitthal replied,” Probably that is the only thing I should have never done.”

To be continued…

SIXTEEN | Part 2

At around' six-thiry in the evening, I pulled up the anchor and turned my fishing boat towards the shore. After an entire day of waiting on the creek fishing, I hardly managed to get any good amount of fish. "Bad day!", the fisherman in me murmured.

The sun went down silently, giving a hope for the next day's sunrise. I packed my fishing net and sat on the bench to row back to the shore. It was getting dark. I rowed a few miles towards the shore when I heard something falling into the water behind me. I looked up - the flyover over me shook as the cars passed over it but there was no sign of anyone throwing anything into the water below. I turned around to see a man helplessly drowning, but not uttering a cry for help. I rushed as soon as I could, grabbed him by his arms and pulled him onto the boat.

I was shaking as this man was breathing heavily and coughing out water. I had no clue what to do so asked his name. He replied in exasperation, "I did not rape Uma, I loved her" as he fainted.

I rowed back to the shore calling a few fisherfolks for help. Lodging a police complaint was out of the question for someone like me. I solely depended on days work and wasting work time for someone else's case in police station frightened me already. Selfish though, there was no other option than to take him to my place. The night passed watching him lay unconscious across me.

As the first ray of sun hit the window, he woke up and felt out of place. Scared and shattered he looked at me and soon broke into tears yelling "Why did you save me!?"
I was obviously speechless and angry but I kept calm to hear him out.

Pouring some tea in the cup, I broke my silence by asking who he was and why did he try to commit suicide.

Wiping his tears he whispered, ''Vitthal''. I gave him his time to answer as meanwhile some tea and biscuits built a sense of trust. Suddenly breaking into a puddle tears he narrated t to me what he had been through for the past three years. Vitthal was speaking the truth and I could see that in his eyes. The only emotion I could emote was grief. Furthermore, I asked him why didn't he open up before, in front of the judge. Recollecting his statement from  the previous night I asked, "Vitthal, Why did you not tell the court that you loved her and did not rape her?"

After that, what Vitthal told me was hard to believe but I had to sympathize for what he suvived and suffered.

Vitthal narrated...

To be continued...

SIXTEEN | Part 1

The damp remand room stank of sweat and urine, when he entered and saw the broken windows and a rusty iron table and chair. The scarce light coming from the window brightened up one of the men's faces. The trippy setting made him little dizzy and deaf when a tight slap from the in charge brought him back from his world of thought. "Naam bol! Vitthal. Barabar Kaala toh tu hai! Solaa saal ki umar main dosto ke saath milke rape kiya na tu!" Vitthal was speechless but managed to mutter 'yes' under his breath.

The investigation continued for next five days revealing how Vitthal, under influence of alcohol, raped the victim along with his three friends.
However, Inspector Shinde, head in-charge of the case proved in court that the offenders were in their senses while committing the crime, therefore, the plea for not guilty should not be entertained and severe punishment should be served to them.

The court battle ended six months later and the judge gave his verdict.
Vitthal being a minor was sentenced three years of custody and the rest were sentenced to lifetime imprisonment. The media uproared, "Just because Vitthal is a minor, we can't ignore the crime he committed."

The rape case had caught national interest. Thousands came out in support of the victim, and candle march took place. Inspector Shinde was promoted but the judgment stood. The fire slowly turned out and Vitthal was serving his term in jail.
The guilt had capsulated him. The jail was no place for a sixteen-year-old Vitthal. Weekly torture by in charge and fellow under trial prisoners had led few incidents where the fractured bones, the facial bruise was common.

But something terrible was coming his way. After the completion of the first term in jail, Vitthal was shifted to a new cell with criminals who had committed heinous crimes. The new place soon started showing its true colors. One night when Vitthal was asleep, few men covered his face with a jute bag pulling his hands behind the back, which immediately locked him from moving and making any noise. The official prisoner pants were torn into pieces. Vitthal, choking, tried to resist the power load over him by kicking his way out but unfortunately was forcefully raped, turn by turn. Devastated Vitthal lost all his hope when the in charge next day taunted 'Jaise ko taisa'(tit for tat).These creepy men revolved around Vitthal for the next two years but to his dismay, he could just see them hovering around with hungry lust. Nothing to do and no one to go for help Vitthal was tired of resisting anymore, his body had given up and turned him into a piece of lifeless wood.

The term of three years was finally over, Vitthal was released but today he had nowhere to go. Promoted Senior Inspector Shinde escorted Vitthal to the gate.Collecting his old clothes that no longer fit him, Vitthal wore his pair of shoe and started walking towards his freedom.
The sights and sounds of the city which he once called home now seemed alien and blinded him.

He had turned into a corpse
Depressed and lost Vitthal tried to commit suicide when I saved him from drowning and just before he lost his consciousness he whispered, "I did not rape Uma, I loved her."

NaMo NaMo!

          On 26th May 2014 Narendra Modi took an oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India. The journey from a tea vendor to Rashtrapati Bhavan Oath taking ceremony was tough but not even slightly impossible for a man like Modi. Swaying the world with his unmatched public speaking ability Modi roared his presence and rose to fame in a matter of months. The results were out and as the Lok Sabha Elections 2014 closed down to a notable historic close, the BJP-drove NDA guaranteed an avalanche triumph, winning everywhere across the nation. As results for each of the 543 Lok Sabha seats were reported, the NDA looked set to win 336 seats, not just a long ways in front of the midway stamp yet in addition savoring a triumph whose scale they had not themselves foreseen. For, amazingly, the BJP crossed the 272 check serenely individually, without any alliance, winning 282 seats.
This was the greatest triumph since the 1984 election that Rajiv Gandhi won with 414 Lok Sabha seats. It is likewise the first run through ever in the 67-year history of democratic India that a non-Congress party has won a basic lion's share without anyone else. Furthermore, the explanation for such enormous achievement was BJP's monstrous Advertising and PR battle which was driven by promotion making stalwarts and there is a phenomenal group of men behind it.
Though everything was set and Modi was elected to be the BJP’s face as prime ministerial candidate in September 2013. The BJP election campaign had three major targets to achieve in the upcoming year and that was: 1) Veteran Chief Minister of Gujarat had to become a symbol of National importance. 2) To connect with the youth of this densely populated country. 3) To change Modi’s 2002 anti-Muslim riot image.
The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)’s two senior members - Piyush Goyal and Ajay Singh mutually set the creative and media strategy technique for the party campaign. On one hand, while they got Soho Square to make the TV, print and radio commercials, they took help of Prasoon Joshi to compose the Party's anthem and produced it into a music video. They additionally selected a Delhi based advertising kingpin, Sushil Goswami, to make promotional radio commercials and procured three Pune-based graphic designers to make cricket advertisements around Twenty20 World Cup.
Shri Narendra Modi was already a huge brand in Gujarat, to make it national along with clearing his tainted past image the advertising campaign hammered people of the country with continuous and repetitive ads of how Modi is the right person and the only hope for this countries development. To do so the BJP had Prasoon Joshi, Piyush Pandey, Sam Balsara and Ajay Singh. The team’s research found that the popularity rating of BJP was around 35 percent while Modi’s was 57 percent. So, they made Modi central to the campaign with the catchphrase: ”Abki Baar, Modi Sarkar”.
They flagged issues like corruption, paralysis of governance and price rise to be tagged with an emotive line: “Mehengai badhane walo, Janata maaf nahi karegi”.And after drumming this into the Indian psyche, they build hope with the slogan: “Achche din aane waale hai”.
Prasoon Joshi penned the BJP anthem – “Saugandh is mitti ki, main desh nahin jhukne dunga”, to be narrated by Modi with Sukhvinder Singh singing the interludes. It packed in a great deal of passion, patriotism, and commitment to show how Modi was ready to invest his sweat and look into reviving India’s fortunes. Especially, the last line gave a feel- good line,”Har Bharatvasi Jeetega.”
The campaign was growing stronger by day, with ads during the T-20 Cricket World Cup took pot-shots at the Congress by sarcastically hinting that the party did not have a captain! Channel V ads persuaded the young to change the government. Modi’s speeches started making rounds on mobile phones with clips of him talking about inflation, development, and corruption. The online media was used to its maximum potential by the advertising and PR team. The year with 437 rallies, 5827 events and journey of 3 lakh kilometers Modi and his  BJP workers were no less than warriors on the field.
To connect more with the country, the BJP launched a NaMo number where an SMS, Whatsapp message or even a missed call would add you to the BJP database as a volunteer. The number got 13 crore calls. The craze for Modi was so much that over three million people heard his speeches by dialing a given number.
The NaMo effect was so powerful that people actually started forgetting about Modi’s past and instead started accepting him positively. During the entire campaign, Modi never spoke of Hindutva, construction of the Ram temple, the imposition of the uniform civil code and the special autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir. Instead, he spoke of development, economic progress, the Gujarat model, restoring national pride, root out corruption, empower women, engage the bureaucracy, creating employment for the young. All this sounded like music to first-time voters.
The power of marketing, advertising, and PR (public relation) strategies soon started showing results in favor of the BJP government. Grabbing each opportunity was crucial and the BJP did play well by using opposition’s taunt as their gain. When Congress leader  Mani Shankar Aiyar commented that Modi can distribute Tea but never become a Prime Minister, BJP reacted by starting informal tea shops calling “Chai Pe Charcha” in 4000 locations which reached out to 50 lakh people. It mainly focused on Bihar and UP talking about how someone from the backward class selling tea could aspire to become a Prime Minister of the country. This turned out to be a major political gain fading Congress image to struggle more.
The research team found that there were 19,000 villages in UP and 11,000 in Bihar with small populations without any media. The team soon started sending video vans to each of them numerous times talking of MODI and the BJP which made 1,38,900 trips!
SHRI NARENDRA MODI also called NaMo had an upper hand over Congress as Rahul Gandhi was constantly failing to make its mark and convince the people. Dark memes and funny Jokes were getting viral on the internet regarding Rahul Gandhi – Prime Ministerial candidate from Congress and were often bullied for his incapability to address the audience. Thus, sweeping the votes one sided NaMo gathered all from youth to senior citizens to rope for him and vote for BJP.
Interacting with the youth of this country through Facebook and Twitter proved beneficial. Almost 1.97 thousand people started talking about Narendra Modi every month. He even became the most searched political personality on the internet.
“AB KI BAAR MODI SARKAR”, “MODIJI AARAHE HAI”, “JANTA MAAF NAHI KAREGI”, ”DESH KO UPDATE KARO”  to finally “ACHCHE DIN AANEWAALE HAI” were some of the biggest inputs to create  NaMo as PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI by the advertising agencies that worked for BJP. It did launch Modi as a brand and the results clearly show how it worked. Till date, this has been the most expensive political campaigns where BJP has spent around Rs714.28 crore ($115 million) on the 2014 general election campaign, according to the contribution report it filed with the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Jan 12.
The campaign sets a record in itself and belongs to golden history now, It’s been three years since Modi held the chair, few developments are visible but India still has a long way to go. Till then it's NaMo NaMo.
Thank you.

NAMASKAR in MASJID

Namaste, Sasriyakal, Adab! 

There are so many more languages we can use to greet, aren’t there? Out of approximately estimated 4200 religions in the world which bind the world as one, it's said to be that 9 religions hold up the entire India. A country with 29 states has successfully existed to be called as INDIA but never lived, as it has been struggling a lot to improve its shine as one nation yet. Though our pledge and preamble constantly nurture a positive thought of being one and united, for time being it does hit the patriotic chord inside you but the very next morning our systems run on discriminating Caste, Gender, Colour, and Religion.  It has butchered its foundation reason that led us to its freedom.

 After the whole nation revolted as one against the British, they left. Then came the Politicians. Unfortunately, we say it fell in wrong hands. Why? Many looted us, misused their power, and distributed us in terms to get their desired vote bank. Wait a minute! That statement up there gives such a relief as if we are clean and did nothing wrong. Sab gande kaam in netaao ne kiya! My foot! Were we sleeping? Yes, we did give them an opportunity to lead us and show the right way but as fools, we calmly accepted what they preached.

We started killing humans from another religion, cast or creed.

We as People of this nation started dividing ourselves into categories of traditionally significant ducks.

On the rise was Hinduism and Islam, we murdered, raped, looted each other for the sake of beliefs and society. Who gives such a right to cut someone into pieces? Is it the human beings fault what religion he takes birth in? God is one. He made us, to a fact GEETA is a 5 letter word, BIBLE 5 letter word, QURAN 5 letter word, MANDIR 6 letter, CHURCH 6 letter, MASJID  6 letter word and all teach love and peace.

On a personal note, while going through a rough patch in life, I visited a mosque with a friend of mine. My preoccupied mind made me completely unaware of the surrounding and as usual, I Prayed with my hands closed together. Yes, I did a Namaskar in MASJID. To my surprise my prayer was heard by the ONE and since I started believing that God is ONE. He stands Undivided.

INDIA  is bit funny and the irony is our tricolor denotes The saffron for strength and courage, white for peace and truth with dharma chakra and green shows the fertility,

growth, and auspiciousness of the land.

What have we learned till now that Kesariya (saffron) huaa Hindu kaa aur haraa(green) huaa Musalmano ka and the middle safed (white) is indeed keeping the peace!

Let’s not create internal disputes any further. I love my country and I am proud of it. I am not anti-national. I am social and a loving child of my family please don't barge in my residence and threaten me or kill me. Peace out!

IT'S OK TO NOT BE ONE OF THEM.

Who was the first President of India? Huh! JAWAHARLAAA…oops. Who is the mother of Dragons? Daenerys Targaryen!! Today the moment you fail to answer this, you are an alien in the crowd. It does not matter that your IQ is higher than combined of theirs, now you have to fit in like a missing piece of a jigsaw. Not that anyone is forcing you to watch but who likes being a left out. The look you get after you confess of never watching any famous foreign TV series is like a Brahmin not knowing his verses.
Similarly, many of the times we lose our way in accepting something hazardous due to peer pressure. It’s not necessary that the things which others try and boast about would suit you always and no it doesn’t make you a “bailya" or girly.

The foolish part would be you trying the things which never go your way. This might lead to many ruinous possibilities. India has been seeing a number of drug abuse cases rising every year and it has been a major reason for suicide reports as well. As per the National Crime Records Bureau, there were 3,647 such suicide cases in India in 2014, of which Maharashtra detailed the most astounding, at 1,372. This was trailed by Tamil Nadu, with 552 cases and Kerala, with 475. Presently, it is evaluated that around 7.21 crore individuals are influenced because of drugs.

As THE INDIAN EXPRESS covered the latest story on how the youth out of curiosity for fun and kick are involved in substance abuse. As an eye opener, this story did move me.
This young lady was incredible all through her school years, had dependably been a topper and was great at tennis as well. When she was 15 and in junior college, she began to look all starry eyed at a 19-year-old from the same college who was into substance mishandle. Before long she was dependent as well. In spite of the fact that she was from a well-to-do family, when she began missing the mark she started stealing money to purchase pot(marijuana). Afterward, she became a regular user as well as started pitching them to her friends. Six months back she was hospitalized at a rehabilitation center.

An individual should realize his responsibility towards himself and later parents. The choice plays an upper hand and grit determination to make the right choice helps a lot. There is a thin line in enjoying the fun. It’s high time we see it and keep ourselves sane.
Changing for good is definitely worth, but changing for a group where one does not fit in can go wrong. Accept the difference, stand out, be unique let people deal with your choice. It’s OK TO NOT BE ONE OF THEM.

A 70 YEAR OLD HATCHLING.

1947, India was free from the clutches of the British, the last Viceroy of India Sir Mountbatten signed the deal. Nehru smiled with honor and pride, Mahatma Gandhi could rest in peace and India had its future to be written on a blank slate. After 100 long years of slavery many who rose to claim India to its righteous freedom attended a grand dinner in heaven, but before India could breathe its free air, the bloodshed rattled on the western part of India. The Radcliff lined tore apart one nation into two, the Hindus and Muslims were divided. Pakistan along with Sindh and Punjab became the  city of Muslims but India stood to be secular. Attithi Devo Bhava, thus India became a land welcoming all.

 Since then, the relationship between India and Pakistan is poor. At once even our best athlete runner Milkha Singh refused to go to Pakistan.

Coming off age, if we leave Pakistan aside there are numerous loopholes in India. Now, I am not an anti-national but since the time Gandhi’s had taken the baton to govern and now Modi it has been 70th year of independence.

Ever since then we are ‘developing ‘.Why has this country with abundance of potential has not conquered the world? The country with rich culture and tradition has been attraction for many but then why is not called a ‘developed’ nation yet.

To explain, this proverb suits the best “united we stand divided we fall” is the ultimate cause, of why the sun does not shine on India. We have an opposition government, who cares about its heir rather than its people. Cow vigilantes are killing humans as the life of an animal is more scared. Population, corruption, rapes, racism has locked the cracked lines of this country. There are positive facts which would make us proud of India, such as the GDP is growing, we are the largest democracy, we are soon building mega cities etc. but what about the mentality of people?  How would we change that? For example, the recent Tejas Express, a new multi-luxury railway locomotive carries people from Mumbai to Goa. On its debut run the window was found to be broken, the headphones provided inside were misplaced, the LCD screens were scratched. Can’t this society be well mannered?

Why do we need to put up sign boards to not spit, not stick bills, and not urinate? Isn’t this our home?

Somewhere, someone ignites regional dispute and how an individual state is superior to other is showcased.

Illiteracy and poverty has slaughtered several. A country which consists of 29 states the language changes every 7 km. There is no official language yet, that can connect each state. English being a universal language is suitable to acknowledge it, but we fight in ensuring and imposing that Hindi as a language rules in majority. A state with 100% literacy is far from industrialization. This 70 year old hatchling has not developed because of many  internal disputes which has worsened our integral bond as an unit. To say, it was far more better when it was ruled by British at least the Indians were together in the battle for freedom rather battle within them.

“Koi kyu nahi sochta hai ki ye desh kaise chal raha hai? Sab lage hai ye janne main ki kon isse chala raaha hai.”

Let us all try to be the one who leads the crowd rather than someone who follows the crowd blindly.

India needs to grow soon. The 70 year old hatchling has to learn how to take its baby steps without the help of its mother.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Pain is what she goes through every month. Blood is common to look at. Is it disgusting? Ohh yes, it stinks, but what after 9 months when life emerges instead of blood. Is it still disgusting?

No, it is supposed to be a blessing for few who do not indulge in female foeticide. At least!

Menstruation is the natural part of the reproductive cycle in which blood from the uterus exits through the vagina. It is a natural process that first occurs in girls usually between the age of 11 and 14 years and is one of the indicators of the onset of puberty among them. Despite being a phenomenon unique to girls, this has always been surrounded by secrecy and myths in many societies. Taboos surrounding menstruation exclude women and girls from many aspects of social and cultural life. Some of these are helpful, but others have potentially harmful implications.

Oh My God, what am I talking about, so apparently talking about periods is a huge Taboo in India. So instead calling it periods let’s call it Birthday as most of them would be familiar with this code used to talk about this topic. It sounds auspicious now , doesn’t it? 

Today as we move fast in our lives to beat the developed countries, there are few illogical things that we still are not ready to leave behind. Not in any sense I say that our culture, tradition, ritual or ancient scriptures are archaic or obsolete but the white beard has to be replaced with black as it’s the youth now, who can initiate the change of orthodox views.

Let’s take this step to change the expected mentality of Indian men and in some cases women as well a little wide. To each its own but talking sex and asking for condom is equally discreet in India. It is a natural thing and so is Birthdays. They come, they go. It is very absurd that in South India people celebrate their daughter's first time menstruation cycle as big as a marriage celebration. There is a temple in Assam where people worship the bleeding goddess Kamakhya Devi and when the female gender does the same it’s a sin to step in. Irony much.

Two sides, where one celebrates and at the other side the women undergoing her menstruation is unclean, and thus should not be allowed to pray or do certain other things.

 In the 21^st century after achieving  miracles in Space Research, Economic growth, Infrastructure and with the recent Implementation of GST after its 17 years of wait. India is yet to modernize mentally. It’s time we stop our codes like Chatri, Topi or say Chums and Birthday and say it out loud without feeling ashamed of the society. It’s at least better then urinating in open. Birthday a.k.a Menstruation is a common thing to happen to any women, there might be some things which should not be disclosed regarding oneself but then one can be confident about talking about it rather whispering.

I hope that, that day of the month gets its new liberal identity soon and so the other taboo things in India. Happy birthday.

External Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › NCBI › Literature › PubMed Central (PMC)

I Salute.

To the beauty of darkness, I salute.
Dim lights on the street, an empty hall of an auditorium , to the black I see, to it's glory, I salute.

It's dark! Comedy, horror or crime, we fear this deficit of light.
Hideous moments stare at our conscience,
To the bravery we show with a fright in our heart, I salute.

Black is my name, dark is my fame, to cruel, to support, to oppose I fame,
wrist bands, black shirt all are just same.
Its dark at the end , partially bright on the start, to the faded thin lines, I salute.

For the tantras and mantras, skeletons and lime chilli chores, it's superstitious to believe all but illiterates want more.
In the end, it's darkness we all love.
It is the gem we terror,
you live, you die, who cares?
It is dark in the beginning,
It is dark in the end.
To you, I salute.

Romeo To Juliet in 2017!

Note: This short story does not intend to harm the legacy of Shakespeare nor does it intend to make fun of it. A Light heart is advised while reading. This is my humorous take on a current situation, and what I have seen over the years, as i grew up in India.


(Year 2017)

Dear Juliet,
                I know it has been tough on our part. Do you remember when we first met? I sent you a friend request on Facebook, that you didn't​ accept for over a month. I was annoyed. I have had ego issues since then. That is why I had cancelled the request. But, my self respect wouldn't get the better of me. So, I was ready yet again to humiliate myself. You also know I have a winning attitude. Therefore, there was no other option left than to stalk you in person. I am sorry. 

I agree, you were undeniably hot and sexy, but not the only one in town. Nevertheless, my eyes were fixated on you. Although I am not good looking or as educated  as you are, nor is my standard of living at the same level as yours- I took it as a challenge as I was always fit and ready to consummate our relationship. Coming back to the first time we met : I was staring at you, at the bus stop and you yelled at me "bloody cheap" and asked me to leave.

Juliet O Juliet, you look so beautiful! I could never give up. There were so many sleepless nights where I imagined you beside me, under me, over me. But you were still busy ignoring me. You even blocked me on every social media site known to me! Seriously? How could you?! You insulted me, called me a creep. Why? Just because, I love you. Why can't you approve of me as your Romeo? No matter what happens, you will be mine. Although I know our families would never allow this to happen, I had to prove to them soon enough how much I love you. I had to molest you for that very same reason that night, while you were heading home from work. Believe me, my intention was never to scare you, but I like the fact that you stood strong and did not utter a word, to anyone. This tells me you are ready to be mine. O Juliet, I am set to climb the two mountains of love for you.

Love, ROMEO.

A JOURNEY OF MOTION PICTURE IN INDIA | EP15

New age filmmakers like Anurag Kashyap, Rajkumar Hirani, Dibakar Banerjee, Vishal Bhardwaj etc. have changed the scenario. There are movies on a number of themes. There is comedy, thriller, horror, fiction, movies with social message, SCI-FI etc. Films based on real life (Biopic) are making a remarkable impact on the youth. This is the age of Remakes. Films now are considered successful if the box office collection is above 100cr.

The Era of Bollywood Cinema Evolved a lot during the 30’s decade and the 90’s decade. The thirties are recognised as the decade of social protests in the history of Indian Cinema. A number of films making a strong plea against the social injustice were also made like V. Shantaram's Duniya Na Mane, Aadmi and Padosi, Damle & Fatehlal's Sant Tukaram, Mehboob's Watan, Ek hi Raasta and Aurat.

1931 was a landmark year for the Bollywood cinema as Alam Ara. Directed by Ardeshir Irani was the first Indian sound film. Its great Hindustani dialogues and seven songs made it a big hit. Indersabha was a film directed by Jamshedji Framji Madan which included 71 songs and was a 211 minutes long movie. It was released in 1932 whereas in 1937 Kisan Kanya was the first Indian colour film directed by Moti B. Gadwani.

The 90’s decade had a great impact on the Bollywood cinema. There were some great hits in the first half of the nineties. There were also some great achievements being honoured to our Bollywood actors.

 In the 21st century there is no demarcation between the arts of commercial films. Even mainstream films avoid songs and dances if the script does not require it. But the primary reason behind the cessation of such a demarcation is the audience's readiness to accept good films without any discrimination. 

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Now a day’s films are made with the help of computer graphics. Unexpected and

super realistic stunts are possible in movies with the help of VFX and 3D 

technology. Social Media and television shows are new weapons for Promotion 

of films.

      

The first Indian 3D movie My Dear Kuttichathan is a 1984 Indian Malayalam 

fantasy film directed by Jijo Punnoose. It was later dubbed in Hindi as Chhota 

Chetan in 1997 and became a big box office hit. Later with effects in movies 

many Indian films used computer graphics for example the scene from movie 

Krrish where he has a super power of jumping any heights. This was only 

achievable through computer graphics.

Nowaday's almost every film goes through effects or vfx edit table. 

Various effects bring a different get up for films overall view. For example adding 

crowd by effects, creating a duplicate, exploding cars or bomb etc. can be done 

through effects.

This generation is blessed to have all invented already, today the 3D animated 

characters look real with the help of 3D mapping technique. In the film industry 

especially in India people are adopting technical changes. Today everyone has a 

Smartphone and knows how to use internet. It has brought the world a bit closer.

Movies on phone, ads on phone, news on phone to say everything is available

on the palm of your hand. Media has found one more way to reach people and 

its being run successful till now. The journey of Motion Picture has endless years 

to end; we have already achieved virtual reality. It would be interesting to see 

what comes up next. 

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Music in Indian generates 4–5% of the net revenues alone in India. People enjoy music and many a times people watch movies because of good music. Music connects with the audiences emotion thus from the time of F.M. radio it has been a significant part in Indian households therefore music in movies attracts audiences. The major film music companies of India are Saregama, Sony Music etc.

48% India's net music sales are generated through movies.

A Masala Indian film may have around 5–6 choreographed songs.

Music plays an essential role in movies, keeping the audience live with the story. It’s a part where a person can relax rather paying attention in what happens. Music is essentially used to boost the mood. Sometimes the music overpowers the story and that’s when we start disliking the picture but Indians like it anyways.

Hollywood has generally no music in their movies but we do because we add cultural values in our films in order to stick to the emotional aspect of audience for example: recently working item songs. In India majority of people go for movies to enjoy and get entertained and that has to be given in order to run the show.

Playback singers such as Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Arijit Singh and other talented few, drew large crowds with national and international film music stage shows and internet. In today’s modern day internet has made everything so close that the barriers have totally vanished. Internet has also created a platform for those upcoming artists who want a chance to be heard. Many other playback singers have came in the industry and ruled over a period of time but in today’s world there is opportunity for all and that’s what is making the music industry a strong place in Indian film industry. Legend like A.R. REHMAN works with young talents giving them a chance.

Singers like SONU NIGAM, SHREYA GHOSHAL, SUNIDHI CHAUHAN, BENNY DAYAL; ARIJIT SINGH etc. are lending their voice to keep our interest in music always and that indirectly helps movies in India to run successfully.

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Films are made in many cities and regions in India including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Assam, Bengal, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu, Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Konkan (Goa), Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu among others.

Though films are being made in all regional languages there are few regional filmmakers who stand in the race of today’s film industry, after bollywood south Indian movies place second followed with Marathi and the Punjab film industry.

Let’s start by knowing Marathi film industry. It is the oldest film industry. The pioneer of cinema in Union of India was Dadasaheb Phalke, who brought the revolution of moving images to India with his first indigenously made silent film Raja Harishchandra in 1913, is considered by IFFI and NIFD part of Marathi cinema as it was made by a Marathi crew.

In 1932, Prabhat Films produced first Marathi talkie film AYODHECHA RAJA. Marathi industry has come to notice in recent years after the film SHWAAS caught everyone’s eye. A place of genuine talent and fresh ideas is a key of Marathi industry. In recent year’s new concepts and good quality execution has turned Marathi industry’s faith.

Recently hit SAIRAT is the first Marathi film to cross a 100 crore club.

Another growing regional industry in terms of stories is the Bengali films. Having a legendry name of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, and Mrinal Sen as a back bone Bengali films are widely acclaimed. It started the parallel cinema movement and even today it has not left its style.

Over the years the output of films per year has increased in Bengal film industry it 149 films annually and Marathi film industry produces around 181 films annually.

Many other regional films also work hard and industries like Tamil and Telugu, Malayalam make sensible movies which are critically acclaimed worldwide.

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Year 2001, marked something spectacular in the Hindi cinema business. DIL CHAHTA HAI released, a movie way ahead of its time and created a storm giving all some friendship goals and then there was GADAR:EK PREM KATHA, Sunny Deol’s power packed dialogues with a backdrop of partition in India and mingled love story gave Goosebumps in theatre. The impact of Deol’s dialogues were such that it broke the box office with crossing 100 crore eventually. Directed by Anil Sharma GADAR: EK PREM KATHA became the most liked drama film.

The race didn’t stop hear some of the amazing films were yet to be released and soon the film Lagaan released, India’s entry for Oscars though it didn’t win any award ,it was showered with awards by rest of the world, directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar  and Amir Khan starrer knew its box office result before release. Thoroughly liked by the Indian audience it was like a feast for them.

As the motion picture came along through inventions and new technical changes there was also a change in storytelling. Clichés were out of question. Everyone had its own stamp of recognition. EXAMPLE like Sooraj Barjatya films had family gatherings and family wedding functions, Madhur Bhandarkar’s film depicted reality, Sanjay Leela Bhansali was known for his huge sets etc.

Indian Cinema is also recognised at the American Academy Awards. Three Indian films, Mother India (1957), Salaam Bombay! (1988), and Lagaan (2001), were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Indian winners of the Academy Awards include costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, filmmaker Satyajit Ray, music composer A. R. Rahman, sound editor Resul Pookutty and lyricist Gulzar.

Coming up next is regional cinema and its share to Indian film industry.

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Now, the Indian cinema has reached the new level and a revolution of sorts has happened in terms of defining glamour, entertainment, commercial values, budgeting, marketing and box office reports. Today Indian Cinema ,especially, Hindi cinema is not only popular in India but in parts of the Middle East, Pakistan, UK and every other place where Indians live. Major global studios such as 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros are investing in Indian cinema because of which Indian cinema has reached to Global level but at the start of the year 2000 it was a different ball game altogether.

The star I gave a hint about in my last blog is Mr. Amitabh Bachchan (Big B), after being a superstar for almost 2 decades it was a shocker for him to see his stardom sway away and go bankrupt. Trying his luck in production Big B failed miserably and strived to revive his acting career but apart from Suryavansham in 1999 no other film worked. Hoping the year2000 would bring back his fortune soon tables turned when Aditya Chopra’s Mohabbatein hit the theatres and became an instant hit.

Followed with more hits Big B’s career revived and experimented with many of his characters. Now it was time for some fresh talent to enter and sooner arrived Hrithik Roshan with his director dad Rakesh Roshan launched him in a cult hit Kaho Na Pyaar Hai opposite Ameesha Patel. A classy romantic tale starring a handsome hunk quickly established a bond with the audience and it became the highest grossing film of the year 2000 with as many awards.

The twenty-first century has brought a major change in films. Let’s talk about in the next episode.

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As the year 1990 arrived there were variety of films that released and made mark but before we speak about that landmark film this era was stolen by only one man and that’s none other than Govinda. As an actor, Govinda might have gone under the curtains now and probably lost his charm but it was his decade that made him a superstar, a superstar gone unnoticed is an unfortunate mole in Govinda’s career.

Over a decade Govinda acted in 65 films with almost every movie being a hit. Starting his career with LOVE 86 and ILZAAM he didn’t look back after that. A master of comedy timing and exquisite dance were his major highlights in the 1990’s. With HERO NO.1, AANKHEN, BETA HO TOH AISA being hits the late 1990s was dominated by the king of the bollywood MR.SHAHRUKH KHAN.

SRK (Shah Rukh Khan) made his debut in the early 70’s in the television industry and came to be known by the names of Rahul and Raj from his Films Kuch Kuch hota hai and DDLJ (Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge). Other actors like AKSHAY KUMAR,AJAY DEVGAN, SALMAN KHAN, AMITABH BACHCHAN, SUNNY DEOL also did their share to make 90’s its best commercial year with BORDER and DILWALE DULHANIYA LE JAYENGE topping its charts and DDLJ breaking all records 90’s was a turning point for SRK’s career. As of 13 April 2007, the film's initial theatrical release lasted 600 weeks that is more than 11 years making it a world record.

Catching up with the world cinema Indian film industry was finding its own roots in people’s heart. The actors were preparing themselves for a new age and century altogether. Twentyfirst century was challenging for survival and ones who faded away how did they comeback, if you know whom I am talking about stay tuned to know about him.

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The Indian film industry was moving towards modern age world cinema. India was developing with its infrastructure, economics, technology and culture. People had diverse opinions and likes-dislikes. Meanwhile the film industry was being filled up with upcoming talents such as Anil Kapoor, Govinda, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Amir Khan, and Salman Khan Etc. Commercial Hindi cinema grew throughout the 1980s and the 1990s with the release of films such as Ek Dooje Ke Liye (1981), Mr India (1987), Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), Tezaab (1988), Chandni (1989), and Maine Pyar Kiya (1989)

Masala films were back into action as the metro city life had taken full speed. Cinema became a stress buster and family entertainer. The films during this period gained audience and success but fell into a repetitive loop of action, crime, song, dance etc.

Heart throb Zeenat Aman had her year of charm while Danny Dangzongpa and Pran created terror. Competing Hindi cinema, Malayalam cinema of Kerala was experiencing its own 'Golden Age' in the 1980s and early 1990s. Some of the most acclaimed Indian filmmakers at the time were from the Malayalam industry, including Adoor Gopalakrishnan, G. Aravindan, T. V. Chandran and Shaji N. Karun. 

Adoor Gopalakrishnan directed some of his most acclaimed films during this period, including Elippathayam (1981) which won the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival, as well as Mathilukal (1989) which won major prizes at the Venice Film Festival. He is often considered to be Satyajit Ray's spiritual heir as his movies make you remember Ray’s work

Shaji N. Karun's debut film Piravi (1989) won the Camera d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, his second film Swaham (1994) was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Commercial Malayalam cinema also began gaining popularity with the action films of Jayan, who lived a short success before an unfortunate demise.

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The 1970s, Hindi commercial cinema saw the rise of gripping films such as Anand (1971), Amar Prem (1971) and Kati Patang (1972), establishing Rajesh Khanna as the first Superstar of Indian Cinema. Later, in mid 70s, action films like Zanjeer (1974) and Sholay (1975) solidified Amitabh Bachchan's position as a lead actor.

In 1975, Deewar, directed by Yash Chopra and written by Salim-Javed. 1979 Telugu film, Sankarabharanam, which dealt with the revival of Indian classical music, has won the Prize of the Public at the Besancon Film Festival of France in the year 1981. 1970 Kannada film, Samskara directed by Pattabhirama Reddy, pioneered the parallel cinema movement in south Indian cinema. The film won Bronze Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.

A new fleet of actor’s, directors and producers came up in the 1970’s thus giving opportunity to new talents. Rajesh Khanna made his mark in the industry and gave consecutive 15 blockbusters as a lead hero with films ARADHANA, DO RAASTE, BANDHAN, DOLI, KHAMOSHI, ITTEFAQ, SAFAR, KATI PATANG, THE TRAIN, SACHAA JHUTHA, AAN MILO SAJNA, MEHBOOB KI MEHNDI, ANDAZ, MARYADA, AMAR PREM etc.

Film maker Mani Ratnam’s directed Kannathil Muthamittal was critically acclaimed and Shyam Benegal continued to make parallel cinema with films like ANKUR, NISHANT, BHUMIKA, MANTHAN etc. the period also saw the rise of common man hero Amol Palekar with his films GOLMAAL, CHITCHOR, CHOTI SI BAAT, BATON BATON MAIN etc. 

Becoming an instant hit with relating a common mans grief with a comedy of chaos was well justified in his parallel movie league.

The Indian cinema had spread widely by now, with an intelligent audience, people demanded for new always and 1970’s has been a year full of experiments and new emerging talents who turned out to be big in today’s world.

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The late 1940s to 1960 is known to be the golden age for Indian cinema. Some of the best cinematic wonders took place in between this two decade. It also saw the birth of parallel cinema, mainly led by Bengali cinema. Movies such as NEECHA NAGAR (1946), NAGRIK (1952), DO BIGHA ZAMEEN (1953) lay the foundation of Indian neorealist.

The style of new Indian wave in cinemas starting from the year 1955 like PATHER PANCHALI, THE APU TRIOLOGY was brought in by filmmaker Satyajit Ray, winning many international film festival awards, Indian Film Industry was being noticed for creativeness in its story and execution by the world. In 1967, Satyajit Ray written film named “The Alien” was said to be an inspiration for Steven Spielberg’s E.T. (1982). However Ray’s project got cancelled. He and Ritwik Ghatak were two of the prominent names in art films and parallel cinema.

Along with parallel cinema, commercial cinemas also started gaining huge success. Movies like Guru Dutt’s PYAASA (1957), KAAGAZ KE PHOOL (1959), Raj Kapoor’s AWAARA (1951), SHREE 420(1955), MUGHAL-E-AZAM (1960), and V. Shantaram’s DO AAKHEN BARAH HAATH (1957) were appreciated by audience and were a cult hit. The quality of these films was so good that the tag of being a masala movie from Indian Films Industry was partially wiped off. A journey towards amazing stories and ethical filmmaking was a key ingredient in this golden age of Indian cinema.

Mehboob Khan’s MOTHER INDIA (1957) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. As said before people started noticing our work and because of filmmakers such as V. Shantaram, Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen, Mani Kaul, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, G. Aravindan, Girish Kasaravalli, Bimal Roy, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and K. Asif.  The golden age of Indian cinema was indeed precious as gold.

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In the 60’s cinema had started getting noticed and was gaining huge popularity by the Indian audience. The filmmakers were also catering to this audience very particularly keeping in mind their taste and preferences. Ticket prices were also reduced so that a common man can purchase it and for the elite better seats and facilities were provided on high priced tickets.

The commercial success of films triggered an emotional aspect with the audiences and made people go crazy for their favorite actors and actresses. India’s social life and culture was being put into cinemas as example festivals like Holi, Diwali, Karvachaut etc. which created a bonding among audiences.    Seeing this rapid growth global audience and markets became aware of Indian Film Industry.

To reach the audience in rural areas Cinemas were being put up in a tent. These came to be known as tent cinema introduced by Swamikannu Vincent in which a tent was erected on a stretch of open land close to a town or village to screen the films. The first of its kind was established in Madras, called "Edison's Grand Cinemamegaphone".

As the growth was happening, during World War II, Indian audiences were being treated with masala films and that has been a successful ingredient for Indian film. Masala films stands for all those commercial films which primarily have songs, dance, romance, fight etc. An entertainment package which still stands successful in today’s Indian film industry.

During the 1940s cinema in south India captured almost half of India’s cinema halls. Cinema came to be known as a part of cultural revival. After partition of India the assets were divided and number of studios went to the neighboring country Pakistan.

After Indian independence the cinema of India was handled by S.K. Patil Commission. S.K. Patil, head of the commission, viewed cinema in India as a 'combination of art, industry, and showmanship' while noting its commercial value. Patil set up of a Film Finance Corporation under the Ministry of Finance. In 1960 the Film Finance Corporation came into being to provide financial support to talented filmmakers throughout India.

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The journey from painting reels to digital technology we have seen it all. The future still waits for more inventions in the world of films. Over the year we as audience came across 3D projection, 4k resolution IMAX etc. In earlier years these things were just dreams. Who would have thought that what we see through our eyes could be seen through Camera and soon this thought turned into reality.

Technicolor techniques were introduced. Though the first attempt of Indians to make a color film failed, the film KISAN KANYA gave hopes for improvement. The first attempt of coloring film SAIRHANDRI failed as the reels were damaged during the process. It could have been the first multi color talkie film produced by Prabhat Film Company in 1933. Sairhandri was directed by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram.

Later in 1937, KISAN KANYA a film directed by Moti B. Gidvani and produced by Ardeshir Irani released. It used a cinecolor process and became India’s first color film. Though this film didn’t do well, this change was not accepted by the audience at first but it all changed until the film AAN released in 1953.

A Dilip Kumar- Nimmi starrer by Mehboob Khan was the first Indian film which used Technicolor process on the prints which was the most expensive color format of that era. Shot in 16 mm it was blown up to 35 mm achieving a landmark success. As a safety measure the film was also shot in black and white format.

The following years brought in massive hits with V. Shantaram’s Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje in 1955 and Mehboob Khan’s Mother India in 1957. Coloring techniques like Geva color, techicolor, Eastman color etc. were used too.

Adapting to this quickly soon the black and white format started to fade away. The last film in black and white is Saraswatichandra which is still remembered for its songs.

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The period from 1890’s to 1930 saw an innovative change in the field of movies. Four decades of trial and error paid off in 1930’s when Ardeshir Irani brought Alam Ara to the Indian audience. It was the first Indian talkie film. However in 1927, The Jazz Singer became the first talkie film in the world. It was made with Vitaphone which was a leading brand of sound on disc technology. Technically the rest of the world was way ahead of India back then too because In India people are not likely to accept change quickly and thus the development takes time.

On 14^th March 1931, Ardeshir Irani released ALAM ARA and then followed up by producing first south Indian talkie film KALIDAS which was directed by H. M. REDDY and released on 31^st October 1931. ‘Talkie film’ means talking film or films with sound. This new technology was liked by Indian audience and soon Indian Film Industry sky rocketed to the top and today is the largest producer of films in world.

During the initial period there were hardly any actors but the ones who were, carried out multiple tasks and thus were paid a good sum of money too. CHITTOR V. NAGAIAH was the first multilingual film actor, singer, composer, producer and directors in India. He was popular to be known as the Paul Muni of India in the media.

As the sound technology improved over the years, 1930’s saw a rise of music in Indian cinema with musicals such as INDRA SABHA and DEVI DEVYANI being the first with a concept of song and dance in Indian films. Rapid changes enthralled the Indian audience and attracted them which could be seen due to the massive success of DEVDAS. Studios were being built and one of the oldest standing studios till date is the AVM studio in Chennai which has produced over 170 films in multiple languages.

Up next how color films rule the market.

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