Cinema Terrorism
News Item 1: Tamil Nadu govt threatens to book movie pirates under the Goondas Act
Expectedly, the movie moghuls are all pleased. All this while it was the pirated CD business that deprived them of all the profits they would've raked in if the movie going public went to the movie halls to relsih their celluloid 'masterpieces'!!! They beleive so sincerely.
The m-g public have a different take though: since it costed no more than 20 bucks for the whole family, they were willing to suffer any damn trash our 'creative pioneers' served them. 20 bucks spread over 5 people might induce many to endure the torture (trauma therapy!) but expecting them to pay ten times more for an oppurtunity to tear their hairs is a different matter.
Why dont the powers that be in the movie industry realize that it is good stories, good screenplay, shot cost effectively, that bring in the moolah? Rather the biz plan seems to be good hero, good hero, good hero, paid exorbitantly!
Ok, movie piracy (of the CD kind) has slowed down considerably after the govt move. What of piracy of the artistic kind!! Can any director in Kollywood sincerely claim that there is not a single scene in his movie that has been lifted from another movie in another language? Music, song sequences, stunt sequences.... whole stories have been shamelessly lifted by our 'creative goondas'. What 'act' will these goondas be booked under? Worse still they go on TV beaming at the beauty of their creation. It is an insult to anyone's intellect. But then intellect is something Kollywood divorced long ago. The lament of an American producer comes to mind: "they shamelessly copy our entire movie and then have the gall to apply for US rights!".
News Item 2: Mobs in Karnataka target movie halls screening recently released non-kannada movies
Our bretheren in Karnataka have taken it a step further. For the short term they want to control the choice of movies that you have. I presume their long term approach to solving thier movie industries problem would be to force all people in Karnataka to endure a kannada movie once a week compulsorily! Non-compliers could have the water supply to their homes cut off!
posted by Agent Leman @ 1:47 PM
6 Comments:
Hello 123 mike testing
Well mate, I do agree that "artistic" thefts do happen in cinema. But the intellect that is being stolen does not hurt the creator of the original by any means. But, the "physical" theft, does cause a huge slide in the profits of a movie producer.
I do agree that for a movie to be a hit all it requires is a good story line with a well made screenplay and wise direction by the director. But, let us not forget that a bad movie never runs. There are umpteen critics in the world who are just waiting to criticise a movie. And, above all there are so many TV channels that tear a movie apart if its worthless, and ofcourse not to leave away are the various criticisms on the internet. All these will combine to make a movie buff from going to watch a worthless movie.
SO therefore, the steps taken by the government is correct and is a the first step in the right direction.
I agree with agentleman's version on this blog floor.
Basic asthetic values are now a days buried in grounds of karnataka vidan sabha. The state government of karnataka with cheap mentality of holding the water in krishna raja sagar and while the delta farmers are being conned from both the ends the karnataka government and the state government of tamil nadu, is a true irony of the fedral setup of republic of india.If linking rivers is not possible immediately , it is possible to link the state , dissolve the system of local adminstration and let we have one fedral setup.
I wounder an new visa entry system would be soon imposed if any non kannadika indian wants to travel to karnataka.
I don't dispute that bad movies do not run! Am only observing that our movie moghuls seem to think any movie will run if only privacy is contained.
On the point of artistic theft not harming the original creator's interest but physical thefts do, even if we assume it to be true, certain things are troubling.
If your claim is true, the story of a movie made in Hindi should be allowed to be made in another language without expecting any royalty. And vice versa. After all it does not harm the originators interest. But does it happen so? If at all a hollywood movie lifts from an Indian movie, will the Indian creator turn a blind eye because it does not harm his interest? AM sure he/she will try to make more money by dragging the foreign plagiarist to court.
Avvai Shanmugi's hindi 'rights' were 'sold'. Preposterous! I did enjoy the movie but I cannot digest the fact that a story that was a clean lift from another movie (Mrs.Doubtfire) was sold!!!
So my conclusion is that our movie makers want the right to steal exclusively to them. That it is physical or artistic does not matter. If they want laws enforced to prevent physical theft, then there should also be laws to prevent artistic theft! In fact I feel there would be a renaissance in our arts if plagiarism is outlawed.
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