Why do we go gaga over actors and new films?

It's not we but the hype the movie makers create by purchasing all slots in TV advertising including news channels, talk shows, serials, reality shows and purchased crowd that creates a scene as if that particular movie is the ultimate of entertainment and will prove to be the biggest hit of the cinema world. But you always end up with same run of the mill kind of stuff one again.

It's all about craze towards new things. It's inherent in the Human nature.

There is a section of people who are more than interested in filmy matters and they want to know all the minutest of details regrading stars. As long as it does not become the only news it is fine since media needs to cater to all tastes. The media also highlights other stories as and when they crop up. In India corruption is now an accepted issue that does not really shock anyone having seen every kind of corruption possible in the past years..

When it comes to going gaga over new films, Tamil nadu has the dubious distinction as Table toppers. It's the state where temples are built to the Movie stars. And the Media capitalizes it. What's new in this ?

It is not new that film makers and media give publicity to new films in an exaggerated way. It is a part of their business strategy.  Tastes of people vary and the media and press have to satisfy the tastes of all kinds of people. Film, politics, corruption, culture, etc., all are its different menus. They cannot serve only corruption in their plates. 

True. Media in general will not and cannot cater to the tastes of a particular section of the Society. Media is a Business.

well its all about favouritism and whereas about media it will show in which they will get more profit, they are crazy about rajnikant because he is very popular in India especially in south of India.  

It's more in Tamil Nadu only. South India is not Just Tamil Nadu. There are fan clubs of course in Kerala and AP. But not as much as in Tamil Nadu. I think in Karnataka the craze for movie actors is comparatively less.

Exactly.  I belong to Tamil Nadu, and it is  a fact.  The craze with which people in Tamil Nadu approach movies and the cinema stars and get exited is a v ery disturbing fact. 

suni51 wrote:

It's not we but the hype the movie makers create by purchasing all slots in TV advertising including news channels, talk shows, serials, reality shows and purchased crowd that creates a scene as if that particular movie is the ultimate of entertainment and will prove to be the biggest hit of the cinema world. But you always end up with same run of the mill kind of stuff one again.

Every week movies  released here and we forgot these, so why we should to these much serious.

suni51 wrote:

It's not we but the hype the movie makers create by purchasing all slots in TV advertising including news channels, talk shows, serials, reality shows and purchased crowd that creates a scene as if that particular movie is the ultimate of entertainment and will prove to be the biggest hit of the cinema world. But you always end up with same run of the mill kind of stuff one again.

Every week movies  released here and we forgot these, so why we should to these much serious.

anil wrote:

suni51 wrote:

It's not we but the hype the movie makers create by purchasing all slots in TV advertising including news channels, talk shows, serials, reality shows and purchased crowd that creates a scene as if that particular movie is the ultimate of entertainment and will prove to be the biggest hit of the cinema world. But you always end up with same run of the mill kind of stuff one again.

Every week movies  released here and we forgot these, so why we should to these much serious.

I agree with you. No movie is worth remembering for a couple of days. This is all about going crazy beyond limits and desperate attempts to hog the limelight resorting to cheap and vulgar ways.

 

The tragedy in our country is that the film stars are treated as Almighty. People are crazy to know what is happening in an actor's life, how the movie is being made and they love to cook new stories around the actors and actresses so that more and more gossip can take place, and a nice way to spend time. So, it is not unusual to go gaga over the actors

Movie mania or anything connected with movies not restricted to India alone. In India this mania is  taken in to a new dimension.

@rambabu You are absolutely right that movie mania is a universal phenomenon. What makes India stand a bit apart from the other movie maniacs is that movie speaks louder than our real world.   

Definitely. Movie world is m " Make believe world. " that bodily carries you away into a fantasy world.

@rambabu

There lies the whole lot of problem. It is fine to be carried away to the fantasy world while watching the movie but the worst part is we relate it with our real world and start leaving in the dream world. Just for example: the way movies depict marriage, it seems there is only fun and frolic but taking up responsibility is not a part of married life while the reality is very different.  Those people who are smitten by such fantasy marriage are always keen to know what's happening in the lives of the newly married actors and actresses. This is sheer foolishness.   

I can understand. But in real  life the situation is different. Recently, two college students, after seeing a movie of their favorite hero, tried to jump over foot bridge and were seriously injured.

It's not fair to blame  only Movies. Movie production is a business. Not realizing this, our foolish movie goers fall prey and suffer the consequences. More fault lies with the crazy movie viewers.

Blame it on the media who got people addicted to stories and gossips of the celebrities' lives in return for money. As long as there is a large fan following of the stars who ae ready to lap up each and every tidbit about films and stars, we are bound to see such hype. If we don't like it, just skip those pages and change the channels!

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

Blame it on the media who got people addicted to stories and gossips of the celebrities' lives in return for money. As long as there is a large fan following of the stars who ae ready to lap up each and every tidbit about films and stars, we are bound to see such hype. If we don't like it, just skip those pages and change the channels!

 

True. Media is a business which writes according to the diktats of the Movie makers for a price. And, there are Movie maniacs who are eager to take them.The solution as you suggested distancing away from such trash is the Best way.