Inspirational Movies!

In a country where cricket is a religion and movie stars are worshiped, it takes a movie to spread across some message to the mass. Just imagine, you've got chocolate wrapper in your hand and it is very obvious that you would not hold it till you find a dust-bin around you. You will without hesitation throw it on the road or where ever you are. (This is not applicable incase you are at your home under any circumstances. Why?) Who am I to ask this? Right? Do I stop someone from littering the street? No. But atleast I don't even litter it myself. (Believe me.)

Oh! The topic suggests something else, right? No. It wasn't meant to lure you into reading this. That is in reference to 'Lage raho Munnabhai' movie. Yes, the Gandhigiri one. (Ah! What a coincidence, I'm writing this piece on the 2nd of October.) After the movie had come out, I was surprised to see that many people actually stopped littering. I surely was more than glad. But every happiness is short lived. People got back to their usual self. For those whom 'Gandhigiri' was in, it was again a subject of some time-pass movie.

How much can a movie change the world? Or even lets take the nation only. Do we need a movie to make us ponder over such things? So that it remains on the top of our minds till its running in the theatres and later gone with the wind? Why do we don't have a sense of our own? Why do we get impressed by such things, but when it comes to getting practical... Who cares? Was just like some another movie.

'Chak de India' is something that is the craze of the nation. Currently. (Though I haven't seen the movie and not even intending to.) The movie is based on 'Hockey' (supposed to be our national sport!). But has it helped? Our hockey team was winning then, and what do papers have to say? The movie had inspired the team to win. Wow! The movie sure gets the credit. And what about the players? Do they even get recognition? People who don't even watch cricket know some (or even most) of the players because they grace the television by their presence (of course the commercials)!

Aren't the 'other' players playing hard enough? Or winning is a child's play for them? They don't even get enough infrastructure than the cricketers. The only other Indian sport that is sometimes in limelight is Tennis.And when asked if there is any partiality between the treatment met to these cricketers and the others, what do people have to say? They say that the cricketers have to even bear the ire of the fans after their loses just like the worship and celebrations after their victories. Justified? Absolutely lopsided! These cricket aficionados can go to any extent to defend their love for the game.

I don't know whats on my mind right now. Just been reading about the recent treatment meted out to these players and so its all here. Things are going to be as it is. This was only a vent to my thoughts. In the end I want to see some kind of equality among the sports in the country. As long as India wins, who is complaining? And trust me, I won't, even if we lose.

P.S. People please stop littering.