The Bollywood industry, which is fighting for survival, urgently needs the support of the audience.

I remember a scene from Manmohan Desai's blockbuster film 'Amar, Akbar, Anthony'. The screen mother of the three lead actors (Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor) is Nirupa Roy blind. Once he goes to visit Sai Baba's temple, he stumbles and his head falls off the steps of the temple. Sai Baba knows that while waiting for that moment, a miraculous laser-like light comes out of his idol and goes to Nirupa Roy's eye and his vision returns. In another scene from the same film, a sick Nirupaji lying on a hospital bed is given blood.

Blood is transfused to his mother through a single tube from the veins of Amar, Akbar and Anthony who came to give him blood. This is a ridiculous scene from a medical point of view. It is not possible for any patient to have three blood transfusions at once. There are a lot of scenes in Hindi films and especially in the films of Manmohan Desai and David Dhawan, which logically do not go down well with anyone. That is why the educated intelligentsia of our country does not watch Bollywood masala films and if they do, they never discuss it with anyone. After all, it's a question of his status, brother!

In short, fantasy was the lifeblood of Hindi films and continues to this day. Those who are now senior citizens have seen dacoits in Hindi films chasing a train running at full speed on horseback. Have experienced. The fantasy of Rajinikanth's films is like that of a superstar. Thakur had stopped only two Chibhada thieves to catch Sardar Gabbar Singh, a dangerous and chalim bandit alive in Sholay, and yet they were able to avenge the Gabbar. Sholay's business and popularity became a legend.

The point is, why are people so obsessed with Hindi films that have nothing to do with reality? That's because viewers are hungry for entertainment and no one else can give them entertainment like Bollywood. Bollywood actors and creators have an herb that can lead the audience to the theater again and again. Today, multiplex tickets are booked online, but in the '70s and' 80s, when a big multistar film was about to be released, there were long lines of advance bookings outside the theaters. The writer's younger brother stood in line for hours outside the Axel Theater and brought two tickets for 'Sholay' when he was spotted in the neighborhood.

Mogul Azam's two-rupee ticket was sold in black for hundreds of rupees. It was an unparalleled joy that today's young generation is deprived of. Going to the cinema was like a festival for every family. The whole family, dressed in the best of clothes, reached the cinema hall half an hour before the show and after entering the hall, watching the stills of the film also felt a kind of romance. Swallowed cold drinks like popcorn, samosas, mangoes or sausages at intervals.

The craze of Bollywood giving such a golden time is still there. Bollywood stands in the way of the onslaught of TV, news channels and OTT platforms. However, the long lockdown that followed Corona has shaken the film industry. Its economy is in shambles due to the loss of billions. In states where single-screen theaters and multiplexes have opened, there is also an influx of spectators. With only 50 per cent of cinema hall tickets being sold, the question of how films made at the cost of crores will recover their cost is a matter of concern. That is why producers are being persuaded to sell their films on digital platforms. All that was left was to end the controversy that erupted after Sushant Singh Rajput's Kamot.

The image of Bollywood has been dealt a severe blow by the news channels' blatant hype to boost their TRP ratings. The channels painted a picture as if most of the people in the industry were addicted to drugs. Film parties are full of drugs. In all these revelries, celebrities like Kangana Ranaut have found a platform to recover old revenge. According to him, the entire film industry is based on factionalism and nepotism. Here, those who have no godfather are sidelined, those who make such baseless allegations are defaming the industry and killing themselves.

The bottom line is that Bollywood, the main source of entertainment for us, is in big trouble today. It is not wrong to say that he is fighting for his own existence. In such a difficult time, the industry needs the support of the spectators as much as oxygen. With the support of the fans, the industry will be able to get out of bed. Second, if the downturn in the film industry continues like in other areas, millions of people will become unemployed. The future of millions of families will be bleak. That's why the industry is urging audiences to return to the theaters.