I just read an article on google news about SRK and Kajol's upcoming movie called dilwale. The title read 'Can Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol recreate majic?' and my first thought was 'are you kidding me?' Shahrukh khan is pushing 49 old and Kajol is turning 40 this year and we are still asking this question. Have we completely lost it, who wants to see a love story of a 49 years old guy and a 40 years old lady. Istn't it insane!! Amitabh is like 23 years older than SRK but dont forget that he started playing an old man 15 years back with Mohabbaten. Well I am not saying that he is the benchmark and that SRK still has 6-7 years before he joins the papa league. But one thing that really comes out is the psyche of the audience who are willing to pay (a hefty amount) to watch a love story of these guys, which aint too different from the guys who go for a Rajnikanth movie, where is romancing a 28 years old Sonakshi Sinha. I immediately draw a parallel with Sachin in cricket or any other old politician in the country which are the other two popular subjects in the country after movies.
What I realize is that we tend to stick with the people we have seen during the time when these activities peaked. Now Sachin really scored a lot of runs, but does that mean no one else will score as many runs ? wouldn't that'd be foolish! Rohit Sharma has already scored a couple of double hundreds. But we still want to hang on to Sachin, the same way we want to hang on to SRK or Rajnikanth. Why can't we let it go? Why can't we say that we are not interested in watching a 49 year old romance a 40 year old and that we would like some freshness and tell the producers to think of something different if they really want to cast these actors.
My father always tells me that old songs are still the best and that newer songs (after 90s) will never be as famous and my thought process is that people have generally excelled over time in every field then why not this one. Then I also think about some of the good songs which have come in my era. True their life is not as much as some of the old songs but that's not because they aren't good, but because more good songs came along the way. But my father has still hung on to the old songs and people like him make these songs ever green.
Anyway, the point here is that our ability to hang on to things which we like doesn't let us appreciate the newer and fresher things in life and in an era where the new generation is trying to disrupt every thought process, this approach might turn out to be very dangerous. I think it is high time that we start ignoring some of the old sayings such as 'Old is gold', assuming these were said in the era where people never imagined newer generations will evolve so much. Let us start making our own sayings such as 'Old is gold; but gold is a dead investment. I'd rather invest in a start up'
What I realize is that we tend to stick with the people we have seen during the time when these activities peaked. Now Sachin really scored a lot of runs, but does that mean no one else will score as many runs ? wouldn't that'd be foolish! Rohit Sharma has already scored a couple of double hundreds. But we still want to hang on to Sachin, the same way we want to hang on to SRK or Rajnikanth. Why can't we let it go? Why can't we say that we are not interested in watching a 49 year old romance a 40 year old and that we would like some freshness and tell the producers to think of something different if they really want to cast these actors.
My father always tells me that old songs are still the best and that newer songs (after 90s) will never be as famous and my thought process is that people have generally excelled over time in every field then why not this one. Then I also think about some of the good songs which have come in my era. True their life is not as much as some of the old songs but that's not because they aren't good, but because more good songs came along the way. But my father has still hung on to the old songs and people like him make these songs ever green.
Anyway, the point here is that our ability to hang on to things which we like doesn't let us appreciate the newer and fresher things in life and in an era where the new generation is trying to disrupt every thought process, this approach might turn out to be very dangerous. I think it is high time that we start ignoring some of the old sayings such as 'Old is gold', assuming these were said in the era where people never imagined newer generations will evolve so much. Let us start making our own sayings such as 'Old is gold; but gold is a dead investment. I'd rather invest in a start up'
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