Impact of Cinema on our lives
By: Zubair Hamid Parray
Cinema has been a major source of entertainment for the people of every age group around the world. Different genres of movies are produced and these influence the public in different ways. Since movies are explored by all, they influence the society immensely. This impact can be both negative and positive.
Positive Impact of Cinema on the Society
Here is a look at the positive impact of cinema on the society: Cinema has a major influence on the society. So it can be used as a major tool for creating public awareness. Bollywood films like Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Taare Zameen Par and Swades have helped in bringing about positive changes in the society.
Certain good movies and biopics can genuinely influence the viewer’s mind positively and can motivate him or her to work hard in life. Besides, movies and songs can give rise to the feeling of patriotism in the viewers.
A movie is always a good sort of entertainment. It lets you forget all your problems and can take you to an all new world of imagination, which can be beneficiary at times.
Films at times can also widen your scope of knowledge according to their genre. A historic film can improve your knowledge in history; a sci-fi movie can touch you with some knowledge of science and so on.
Good comedy movies have the power to make you laugh and can thus enhance your mood.
Adventure movies can arise in you a spirit of adventure and motivation.
Negative Impact of Cinema on the Society
Here is a look at the negative impact of cinema on the society: Most of the movies nowadays show violence which can affect the public in a negative way. It can indirectly contribute to violent thoughts in one’s mind especially in the youth.
Certain content shown in the movies is not appropriate for some people. It can actually mess up with their mind.
People at times fail to differentiate between the movie and reality. They get so engrossed in it that they somehow start to believe that the reality is the same as portrayed in the movie which can have undesirable side effects.
It is a world in which everyone has their own different perspective which may not be right from the view of the others. Certain movies can thus hurt the feelings of certain audience. Some movies have hurt the religious sentiments of people and even resulted in riots.
Conclusion
Thus, we can conclude that movies can have a great impact on the viewer’s mind. It becomes the moral duty of the team to prepare the content that is appropriate and has a positive impact on the society.
(The author is working on Bollywood Film Industry as an Assistant)
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