Prakash Raj criticises Bollywood, says, ‘Hindi cinema has lost its roots, everything looks like plastic’

When the actor Prakash Raj says that the Hindi cinema has lost its roots and everything looks like plastic it is not something he says without thinking. The actor Prakash Raj has spent than thirty years working in many Indian film industries like Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. This is why what the actor Prakash Raj says matters. He has a lot of experience. He has seen a lot of things. The actor Prakash Raj has been very involved, in storytelling in cinema. This person is an actor. He is also a producer and a director. He is someone who always speaks his mind. The actor talks about the problems with power and how everything is about money. He does not like it when art and society are superficial. The actor thinks deeply about these things. He is not afraid to say what he thinks about commercialisation and superficiality, in art and society and the actor wants people to think about this too.

Prakash Raj is a man who always says what he thinks. He does not care if he is talking about politics, freedom to say what we want or movies. He always speaks his mind. When it comes to movies Prakash Raj thinks that they should show us the truth about life and people. He believes that movies should be honest about how we live and how we feel. So when Prakash Raj says that Bollywood movies are “plastic” he is not just talking about how they look. Prakash Raj is talking about the stories and the acting and the emotions in Bollywood movies being fake. He thinks that the characters, in these movies are not real and that the movies do not teach us values or show us our culture in a true way.

To really get what he is saying we need to know what the words “roots” and “plastic” are about, in this situation. We have to think about what “roots” and “plastic” mean when we talk about them here.

When Prakash Raj talks about roots he is talking about the things that Indian cinema is based on. This includes the culture, the society and the emotions of India. The old Hindi movies were much connected to the daily life of Indians. Indian cinema movies were about the relationships in a family about being poor about the differences between poor people about love that is affected by what society thinks about difficult choices, about what is happening in the country and about the weaknesses of human beings. Even when Indian cinema movies were made to make money they were still about feelings and what is really happening in society. The stories in these movies came from books from theatre and from what people have experienced in their lives. Indian cinema is, about these roots.

When he says that everything now looks like plastic he means that modern Bollywood movies are not real anymore. They look fake and shiny like something that is made in a factory. Plastic is perfect, on the outside. It is not natural. It does not smell like the earth. It does not feel like something that a person made.

In movies plastic is a way of saying that something is fake and has no meaning.

Over-polished visuals

Unrealistic lifestyles

Some characters just do not feel real. They feel like the people who made them up were trying hard to make them interesting. These characters that feel manufactured do not seem like people you would meet in life. The characters that feel manufactured are, like something you would see in a movie or a boring book. They are not believable. You do not care about what happens to the characters that feel manufactured.

Emotions that seem forced are not really emotions all. Sometimes people try to feel a way because they think they should. They might even say they are feeling something when they are not. This is what I mean by emotions that seem forced. Emotions that seem forced are, like pretending to be happy when you’re really sad. The emotions that seem forced do not feel real. People can usually tell when emotions that seem forced are not genuine.

Stories designed mainly for box office numbers or global branding

The guy says that Hindi movies nowadays care more about how they look than what they’re actually about. They are more worried about making the movie look good than about telling a story. Hindi cinema has changed a lot. Now it is all about the packaging, not the story itself which is what Hindi cinema is supposed to be, about.

Prakash Raj says that the movie industry in South India is really good at showing what real life is like. Movies made in Tamil Malayalam and Kannada often talk about things like caste, class, politics and problems that people face in villages. They also talk about issues related to men and women. What is right and wrong. These movies are not always great. They try to be true to what is happening in our society.

Prakash Raj thinks that the people who make movies in Bollywood are trying to copy the style of movies made in countries. They want their movies to be popular, over the world but in doing so they are losing the things that make Indian movies special.

The criticism of cinema also shows that people are worried about the changes happening in Indian culture. As India becomes more connected to the world moves to cities and uses technology Indian cinema is also changing. It is becoming more about making money and selling brands. The sets where they make the movies look like they are trying to sell clothes. The actors look like they are trying to sell things on media. The stories they tell seem to be made for videos on the internet rather, than to make people feel something deep inside. Indian cinema is. This is what is happening to Indian cinema.

For Prakash Raj movies are not something you watch for fun. Movies are a responsibility. Prakash Raj thinks that movies help people think feel for others and learn what is good and bad. If movies do not have any meaning then people lose a way to see what is really going on in the world and what is true. Prakash Raj believes that movies should show people the truth, about their lives and the problems they face.

Hindi cinema has a history of telling great stories. People like Bimal Roy, Guru Dutt, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Shyam Benegal and Govind Nihalani made movies that were really about people. They were about Hindi cinema. Even directors who made commercial films like Manmohan Desai and Yash Chopra made sure their movies had a lot of heart. The characters in these movies felt like people like someone you might know. This was true even when the stories were crazy or exciting and the situations were not, like what you see every day in Hindi cinema.

Todays movies just do not feel the same. They seem to be made by people who are trying to sell us something. When they pick the actors they think about how many people follow them on media. The stories are written to fit the image of the stars. They choose places to film that look fancy not because they make sense for the story. The music is there to go along with the pictures it does not help tell the story or make us feel anything. This is what Prakash Raj calls “plastic cinema”. Movies like this just feel fake like they are not really, about anything. The music and the places and the actors they all feel like they are there to look good not to make a good movie. Prakash Raj is right a lot of movies today are plastic cinema”.

The thing that really stands out about what he said is how disappointed he is. He does not hate Bollywood. That is why he is speaking out against it. He is speaking out because he is sad. He thinks that Hindi movies have a lot of history and they mean a lot to people. It is hard for him to see Hindi cinema moving away, from telling stories that really matter. This hurts him because he grew up thinking that Hindi cinema was something and he loved the kind of movies they used to make. He loves Hindi cinema. That is why it hurts him to see it like this.

His comment also shows that there is a problem, between generations. A lot of actors feel left out by the new ways that movies are made these days, where:

Speed is what replaces depth. When we talk about speed and depth speed is the thing that takes the place of depth. In cases people think that speed is more important, than depth so speed replaces depth.

Algorithms are replacing our intuition. This is a change. Algorithms are taking over the way we make decisions. We used to rely on our intuition to make choices. Now algorithms are doing that for us. Algorithms are making decisions for us. We have to get used to the fact that algorithms are replacing our intuition.

Market surveys are taking the place of the risk that artists usually take. This is what is happening now. Market surveys are changing the way artists work. They do not have to worry about risk as much as they used to. The market surveys are helping artists to know what people want. So artists are using market surveys to make their work. This way they can be sure that people will like what they make. Market surveys are very important, for artists now. They help artists to make things that people will buy. Market surveys are replacing the risk that artists used to take.

This does not mean that all the new Bollywood films are shallow. You still have some good filmmakers out there who make Bollywood films that are about something important.. You still have some Bollywood films, with stories that are meaningful.. Prakash Raj is talking about the kind of Bollywood films that are being made a lot, not just the few Bollywood films that are different.

So basically what he is saying is a warning. He wants Hindi cinema to stop for a moment and think:

What is the point of making films? We are making films to tell stories and to share ideas with people. Films are a way for us to express ourselves and to show others what we think and feel. We are making films for the people who want to watch them and be entertained or learn something. We are making films to make people think and to make people feel emotions. What are we making films for really? We are making films for the sake of film itself and, for the people who love watching films.

We are talking about the people that our company is working for. So who are the people that our company is representing?

Are we sharing stories that come from the earth of our culture or are we making up fantasies just to make money from the culture? We need to think about whether we’re telling real stories from our culture or if we are creating fake stories for the sake of profit from the culture. The stories, from the soil of our culture are very important.

When he says that Hindi cinema has lost its roots he is really sad about it. He misses the feelings and the way it used to talk about important social issues. When he says that everything looks like plastic he means that Bollywood is becoming fake and only cares about making money these days. He thinks that Hindi cinema is not like it used to be it has lost its honesty and social relevance and that everything, about it seems artificial now.

In the next part, we will explore what “roots” truly meant in traditional Hindi cinema and how older Bollywood films stayed deeply connected to Indian society, culture, and human emotions.