Small towns are a sexy discovery for OTT. They bring local language and a cocktail of hyperlocal idioms, words, dialects and of course a volley of slurs.
The project, tentatively titled Stardom, has certainly caught the attention of fans and the entertainment industry with film critics calling it a “smart” and “interesting” move.
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In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
One would have to be extremely naive and gullible to believe that OTT shows expose the reality of “small Hindustans”.
OTT shows are a masala combination of sleaze, profanity and violence. No one can identify with that level of sleaze, profanity or violence simply because it does not exist. At best, a handful of exceptions can be found in this nation of 1.4 billion. But nobody, talks in such profane language, or sexually fantasise about anyone/everyone of the opposite gender or shoot dead random people.
If one has to think of reality, then only a few shows such as Panchayat and Pataal Lok qualify.
The fact that Krishan Murari thinks these OTT shows depict the reality shows how far removed he is from reality. Maybe a visit to a UP or Bihar village, accompanied by a month or two of stay there, would help him cut through the fog and observe the reality of rural life.
Shows like Mirzapur and Sacred Games do not represent rural India or Indian society. For anyone who has stayed amongst the rural folk in UP/Bihar will tell you that law and order is a serious issue. But it’s nowhere like what has been portrayed in Mirzapur. And adults hardly use profanity laden language. The level of profanity in Mirzapur dialogues are absolutely unrealistic.
And last but not the least would be the sleaze. These shows would have us believe that rural folks are sex-crazy people willing to jump into bed with anyone and everyone. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The people who believe that Mirzapur depicts the reality of India have never stayed among rural folk. They have absolutely zero idea of how things are in rural UP/Bihar.
Language purity? Are you serious Mr. Murari?
Bollywood has always promoted a heavily Urdu influenced Hindi. The Hindi of old Bollywood films seems less like Hindi and more like Urdu.
Bollywood has been the biggest champion of Urdu all along.
What kind of language purity are we talking about here?
One would have to be extremely naive and gullible to believe that OTT shows expose the reality of “small Hindustans”.
OTT shows are a masala combination of sleaze, profanity and violence. No one can identify with that level of sleaze, profanity or violence simply because it does not exist. At best, a handful of exceptions can be found in this nation of 1.4 billion. But nobody, talks in such profane language, or sexually fantasise about anyone/everyone of the opposite gender or shoot dead random people.
If one has to think of reality, then only a few shows such as Panchayat and Pataal Lok qualify.
The fact that Krishan Murari thinks these OTT shows depict the reality shows how far removed he is from reality. Maybe a visit to a UP or Bihar village, accompanied by a month or two of stay there, would help him cut through the fog and observe the reality of rural life.
Shows like Mirzapur and Sacred Games do not represent rural India or Indian society. For anyone who has stayed amongst the rural folk in UP/Bihar will tell you that law and order is a serious issue. But it’s nowhere like what has been portrayed in Mirzapur. And adults hardly use profanity laden language. The level of profanity in Mirzapur dialogues are absolutely unrealistic.
And last but not the least would be the sleaze. These shows would have us believe that rural folks are sex-crazy people willing to jump into bed with anyone and everyone. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The people who believe that Mirzapur depicts the reality of India have never stayed among rural folk. They have absolutely zero idea of how things are in rural UP/Bihar.
Language purity? Are you serious Mr. Murari?
Bollywood has always promoted a heavily Urdu influenced Hindi. The Hindi of old Bollywood films seems less like Hindi and more like Urdu.
Bollywood has been the biggest champion of Urdu all along.
What kind of language purity are we talking about here?