Chapter 168: Rival in Love
In Shakru's memory, as soon as the movie "Winning the Heart" was released, it immediately attracted widespread attention, and the box office went straight to the first place that year, and it was released for fifteen years, achieving a miracle in the history of the Indian box office, but although the quality of the movie is almost exactly the same as the original film, and it has also achieved a very good box office, it has brought some unexpected problems to Shaklu.
For example, the newspaper in Shaklu's hands openly claimed that the film censorship department should ban the release of "Winning the Heart", which would destroy the traditional Indian institution of marriage, and called on all fathers to ban their daughters from watching the film. In this regard, Shakru smiled bitterly and said to Rakuma: "I really don't understand, such a love movie can cause such a big wave, as if "The Bandit Queen" was not like this at the beginning, right?" ”
Rakuma thought for a moment and explained: "Boss, the story of "The Bandit Queen" is far from the lives of ordinary people after all, and the story of Puran David has been widely circulated before the movie, so it is not so difficult for everyone to accept it. But "Winning the Heart" is different, marriage is something that everyone and every family must experience and face, and the traditional system of our country is arranged marriage, so it is natural to resist this kind of movie that promotes free love, especially those who are fathers and parents, if their daughters or granddaughters are like Kazol in the film review, then where is their authority? ”
"But in my impression, many Bollywood movies are the kind of stories about a rich girl marrying a poor boy?" Shakru asked, still puzzled.
"But it's all ancient stories, and our "Winning the Heart" is a modern film, and it may be that we shoot it too real, so it's easy for people to have a sense of substitution, not only the young girls in our target market. Even their parents were substituted for it, and it became what it is now.
And you don't know it, it is said that a film company is planning to make a movie that promotes arranged marriages in order to fight "Brave Hearts", and now they have already begun to prepare a script. Rakuma said depressedly.
"What? No way! The news completely shook Shakru, in his impression. As soon as "Winning the Heart" was released, it received rave reviews and created a miracle of Indian films, as if I had never heard of such twists and turns.
In fact, this is because Shakru made a small mistake. Historically, "Winning the Heart" was released in 1995, India carried out economic reforms similar to China's reform and opening up in 1992, after three years of reform, in addition to great economic achievements, it also brought about the opening of ideas and culture, and more young people began to pursue more free love and Western lifestyles. Including film, music, and other forms of foreign culture. "Winning the Heart" was filmed at the beginning of this reform trend, so it is relatively easy for everyone to accept.
However, Shaklu's version of "Winning the Heart" was screened in 1993, less than a year after the economic reform began, and the effect had not yet been brought into play, and naturally it was impossible to trigger everyone's ideological and cultural openness, so it was reasonable to encounter resistance. (I personally despise those entertainment texts that do not take into account the background of the times and the humanistic environment, copying songs, copying movies, a song, a movie or a book can become popular because of a certain background and humanistic environment, not that a good movie will definitely become popular whenever it gets.) It's not realistic. )
As the saying goes, "Happiness and misfortune do not go alone", and the things that make Shakru depressed don't stop there. At this time, old Patella called: "Little Shakru, you said that you are not good at making some movies, why do you have to make that kind of film that encourages free love?" ”
Hearing this, Shakru almost vomited blood: "Grandpa Patela, why are you even following in opposition to my film!" ”
Old Patella replied angrily: "If I don't object, your boy and even his daughter-in-law will have to be robbed!" Tell you the truth. Now there is an upstart who is chasing Amisha in the United States, and now he has chased it to India, and he will also come to Amisha's birthday party the day after tomorrow. You say, if Amisha listened to me honestly, would such a thing happen? But you're still making this kind of film right now. Isn't that tantamount to asking for trouble for yourself? ”
At first, Shakru wanted to argue with old Patella that he and Amisha were just good friends, but after hearing that someone was chasing Amisha, and even chased them to India, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, in fact, he had already decided in his heart that Amisha was the most suitable candidate for his future wife, but firstly, he was playful, and secondly, he felt that he was not very old now, plus Amisha went to school in the United States, and the two of them have always been together less and more apart, so they have never broken this matter, but after learning about it, Shakru suddenly panicked, so he asked, "Grandpa Patera, are you telling the truth?" You're not kidding me, are you? ”
Old Patella hurriedly said, "Can I joke with you about this kind of thing?" But don't worry, I firmly disagree with this matter. Not to mention that I would have decided that you were my grandson-in-law a long time ago, even without you, I would never agree to Amisha marrying a Dalit! ”
"You say it's a Dalit who pursues Amisa?" This answer surprised Shakru is head, what are you kidding, a Dalit boy actually dares to pursue a Brahmin girl? He's not crazy, is he? No matter how you look at it, it's absolutely impossible to succeed.
"Hmph, it's a little Dalit who grew up in the United States, he hasn't been to India, he doesn't know the sky is high, he ran to the United States back then, and he didn't know how to make some money, but the nouveau riche is the nouveau riche, the inferior person is the inferior person, he wants to marry my precious granddaughter, he dreams of it!" Old Patera snorted.
Hearing old Patera's explanation, Shakru generally understood what was going on, it should be that this young man grew up in the United States, so he didn't know much about the harshness of the caste system in India and the gap between high and low castes, plus a little bit of American romanticism and adventurous spirit (in fact, he was stupid and bold, and lived by "luck"), so he desperately pursued the beautiful and smart Amesa, but his ending was almost predictable, and he would definitely die an ugly death!
PS: The book friends in the group said that the recent chapters do not reflect the feeling of "superiority", which is a bit off-topic, so please see if this bridge section I designed reflects the taste of "superiority"! (To be continued.) )