Movie-mania

Gopalan Arcade at Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Mysore Raod, Bangalore, is one of the best multiplex, giving a great revel of shopping experience.  With variety of shops, and malls under one roof, it is a best complex i can boast of.  Well, moving to movies, it was Robin Hood, released this week starring Russell Rowe and Cate Blanchett. An inspiring quote in the movie was "Arise, arise, until the Lambs become Lions." An impeccable war story set in England and France, it was a delightful evening and worth for a weekend's out to watch the exotic locales of England and France. See the movies website for details: http://www.robinhoodthemovie.com/.

Contrasting to the Indian cinemas, the originality of ideas and the settings of the movie are amazing. Though, in India that we have legendary actors, and production houses, what we are basically looking for is, changing the audience towards unity, sense of togetherness, and a spirit that we prosper as a country in all possible ways to stop all the miseries happening aound us.  Because, you see the homeless, or the destitute all over the neighbourhood, and their plight? Do you feel it is okay to indulge in leisure when the neighbour next to me is trying to make the ends meet? What if instead, you devote some time volunteering for the elderly couple, or spend some time with the underprivileged? And the gratification you get out of it?

What is worsening is the moviemania in our country - the kind of trend that movies are what we identify with or that's the life, and if not that is the end of the world, fast catching up with the younger generation of fan clubs! It was maddening to see that in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu down in South India, every day you would see either a movie launch, gossip in the grapevine or a shooting spree news, which are completely not called for or worth to watch. When there are thousands of issues out to be covered or deliberated upon, our media is more concerned about the entertainment.  In the United States, 43 of seniors aged 75 and over were reported volunteering, how many of us willing to volunteer for the social causes? We have to think and act?

Only a very few of our actors are contributing to the society as we all know by their means. Consider this example: be it Leonardo DiCaprio who have contributed $35,000 for a state-of-the-art “Leonardo DiCaprio Computer Center” at the Los Feliz branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio or the Andrew Carnegie, a great philanthrapist, who have donated most of his earnings to the libraries and educational institutions in the West. What is required at the moment for the young generation is to garner support, lobby the political men and influence the wealthy, to build institutions in healthcare, education, and libraries and the motivation, leadership and mentoring to nurture it in making our country a better India. As government is sleepwalking in our lives, it is time that we wake up to contribute to these noble causes?

Will you stand up? Arise, arise, until the lambs become Lions.