India Gyrating!

I normally don't watch Hindi movies. But have to watch them sometimes to give company to friends or too many people have suggested me. At my college, I had lots of movies at my disposal and limited time. By watching Hindi and English movies I have developed a liking for the Hollywood movies and a sort of disdain for Indian Film Industry(IFI). It seemed to me that all that IFI can dole out is meaningless crap that has little relation to the actual India that people live in. There is no shred of reality in the movie that the Indian audience can connect to. Only songs to fill in the sequence of drama by a few people who call themselves actors. The movies seem to be made for the NRIs who expect to see lush green/yellow mustard fields in the background with the actors lip-syncing in the front. Another segment of Indian movies seem to focused on groups who are in a sad state because of the BAN on Porn Industry in India. Therefore, the directors often attempt to make movies and try to test the line for the censor board.
But recently in the last 2 years a lot of new movies have come in which have given me hope that something is changing the mindset of people who are running the show. The movies that I have seen in the last 1.5-2 years seem to capture the mood of the current generation (at least myself!) and provide meaningful content instead of some song and dance sequence. I see a marked attempt by this new breed of directors to test new waters instead of sticking to the old formula of movie making. The best thing that I appreciate about movies is that every time I watch the same movie I get to see something new in the same frame, some thing that makes me think that how meticulous the people must have been who were responsible for it.
Take for example the latest movie I have developed an appreciation for "Khosla ka Ghosla". The movie doesn't have any big actors or people backing it, but it hovers around a concept that can happen with any middle class family. The first scene when Khurana comes in and talks to Khosla is a masterstroke of genius, and I am all for it. The scene where Omi comes in with his cane is some thing that looks very real. On seeing that movie, I started wondering how would I react if something like that happened to me. Now, how many movies can actually do that to me? make me think like that? I would definitely give 160 bucks for watching the movie.
The beauty of these new age movies is that the new thing not just shows in acting and plot but comes about in every facet of the movie. Today I was watching the Beedi song from Omkara. In the dance sequence one of the steps was taken from the way farmers cut paddy from the fields. Seeing that sequence I was just amazed and wondered how much thought must have gone to make that sequence.
Kudos to IFI and I want more of it.