Cinema has left a great impact on our lives with its
captivating content and influential sense of interpretation. Indian movies
create a powerful platform to derive strength from the audiences. Over the
years, Bollywood movies have given us entertainment back to back allowing us to
witness something historical that touches our deep chord.
These movies are the medium that has connected directly to
the rhythm of everybody’s hearts and the impeccable acting of the actors have
somewhere made a difference in the way people think by portraying the issues that
bug the society. Bollywood movies have also fabricated the lives of people by
filling them up with emotional turmoil. Many of these movies have broken the
stigmas that are epidemic in society and have given a new direction to the
audience’s life.
Actors have been influencing the people to make their life as
best as theirs. Many people dream of having a filmy life being very much
adherent to Indian cinema that they start relating their life to the film
story.
Many such movies have played a crucial role in changing
people’s lives and the way they think. These movies with their vehement stories
have affected the mindset of people on a huge spectrum. These movies are just more
than entertainments that have created a huge social impact amongst the
audiences.
1.
Mother
India
Mother India is a movie highlighting the social and
cultural changes directed by Mehboob Khan.
This movie has been one of the defining films in the history of Bollywood. This
movie was released in 1957, 10 years after the Indian Independence and it
played an important role in framing the pattern of Indian cinema for the next 50
years. It is a nationalist epic that has laid a powerful impact around the
nation. This movie follows the life of a widowed Indian woman, Nargis who
raises her children facing the scorns and scoffs of life. This 3-hour melodrama
sprawls with many fragmented musical numbers and comedy. The peasant woman,
Nargis faces all sorts of social and personal adversity. This movie showed how
this non-vulnerable widow becomes a symbol of pride for the country in a new
democracy.
This movie was also nominated at the Academy Awards for the best foreign-language film category.
2. PINK
This movie has framed the bigger perspective of women safety and equality in the nation even after so many years of Independence. This movie is a form of education for many such people in the country who blatantly disrespect women and their choices. This movie is directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury who has set an example unlike the other clichés that if a woman says ‘NO’, it is time for a man to stop and respect her choice. This word became a simple and clear two-letter definition for people in the country to stop framing women’s choices. Its gripping story establishes the motivation inside women to speak up about molestation. This movie delivers much more than the issue of harassment and rape.
3.
Vicky Donor
Vicky Donor created a hype amongst the audiences about sperm donation breaking the mould of stereotypical norms and secret talks about it. Its entertainment factor comes in with the romantic comedy along with implications of sensitive talks of a hidden subject. The story revolves around a man’s life (Vicky) which is kind of twisted when a fertility expert suggests him to donate sperms. This movie’s producer John Abraham and director Shoojit Sircar have totally shed the light on the serious subject of sperm donation which is considered as a taboo in the society of educated people. After 3 years of intense research in the stigma attached to the subject, this movie’s release went a long way in the country delivering some necessary information about infertility and artificial insemination.
4.
Padman
Directed by R.Balki this movie turned out to be a big hit in Bollywood and also earned the recent National Film Awards for the Best movie on social issues. This movie has highlighted every aspect of the stigma attached to women and their hardships in small villages to talk about menstruation. Padman revolves around breaking the taboos and stereotypes related to periods in the society due to which women are ill-treated. This phenomenon occurring inside the woman’s body is considered impure and women are left to stay out of contact with anybody. This movie’s release broke the norms attached to women’s body and menstrual cycle by educating them about menstrual hygiene and creating a successful campaign of making and distributing pads around the remote villages. It also created an unbelievable impact both on people and government of India.
5.
OMG
Oh My God has taken elements of Indian religion to another level of sarcasm with a battle of man versus god in a courtroom. This film has refreshed its approach featuring a different idea and perception towards worshipping god. This movie follows the life of an atheist, Kanji Bhai who demands compensation from god for destroying his home during a mild earthquake. The impeccable storyline and conversations in the courtroom evoke laughter and repulsion altogether. Director of this movie, Umesh Shukla has shed light on some people who run business in the name of worshipping god. This film taught many people not to believe in people who manipulate us in the name of god and to look beyond the idols in search of god.
6.
Swades
This movie has been a magnificent film holding the series of vivid social commentary and a fine performance by Shah Rukh Khan. Swades is a movie that stirs your soul by addressing the brain drain issue in a subtle way. Ashutosh Gowariker is the director of the movie who dealt with this issue in modern Indian society without sublimating cinematic experience. This movie has educated people on wide platforms including women empowerment, child labour, casteism, poverty and inequality. The story revolves around the life of an NRI who has been working for NASA and how he visits Indian villages changing the lives of people. This movie was appraised for its initiative to spread awareness amongst the NRIs who need to come back to their roots and work for the country that needs them.
7. Toilet Ek Prem Katha
This is another movie starring Akshay Kumar which is
directed by Shree Narayan Singh.
Toilet Ek Prem Katha is the movie that stressed the importance of building
toilets and putting an end to open defecation that is a shame for any
developing country. This film was released with a motive to change everybody’s
mindset about the taboos related in society. This is basically a true story
surrounding the story of a married woman who demands to have a toilet in the
house in order to stay in the marriage. This movie changed the perception of
thousands of people in India who built toilets and sanitation facilities easing
the rough struggle for women to go out in open.
8.
Taare
Zameen Par
Taare Zameen Par came out as a lesson for both teachers and parents telling that every child is crafted with the utmost compassion. This movie is about a child who is a slow learner in academics and he is found to be suffering from dyslexia by the psychiatrist. However, this child explores his life with a lot of imagination surrounding his world. Aamir Khan has beautifully crafted the script being a director shedding light on the life of dyslexic children who are beautiful in their own way. This movie is a sheer beauty showing a different world where children with the difficulty to understand the simplest of things emerge amazingly in their own vision of passion.
9.
3 Idiots
3 Idiots has been a revolutionary movie that will remain etched in the memory of film lovers in India. This movie directed by Rajkumar Hirani bringing a twist in Indian education system. 3 Idiots emerged as the highest-grossing film of the year in the year 2009 with its comedy-drama. This movie follows the life of 3 engineering students and their friendship highlighting the message of changing the education system looking beyond high grades. This movie broke records in the box office in India using real inventions by hardly known people in India. The superb performance of all the characters helped the students, teachers and parents change their perception about career scopes and education in the country. This movie helped people follow their passion breaking the stanchions of assigned career tags.
10. Rang De Basanti
This movie majorly revolves around the lives of a group of
students who protest against the government and the Air Force after the death
of their friend in a plane crash. This movie invoked a lot of thought building
and provoked candle lighting sequence followed by a social impact on people
talking about corruption and bureaucracy in providing basic amenities. This movie
brought a lot of appreciation changing the face of Bollywood enlightening youth
minds and redefining patriotism.
These movies
took on the social issues of the country by breaking stigmas and taboos
bothering many lives. These movies have gained a lot of success and love from
the audience framing the definition of patriotism and redeemed freedom from
stereotypes.
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