Beautiful write up on current state-of-affairs in Indian Film world and its potential impact on its audiences. I take a slight objection to the allusion of ”teenagers in the West, allegedly re-enacting scenes form Hollywood movies”. This is not limited to the West. I can give you real-life incidents in India in from the 70s and 80s, where teenagers aped their heroes and were heavily influenced by Bollywood movies with disastrous consequences. I see so many ratings violations just on Indian TV these days, what with revealing and exposing Music videos littering all channels, and children are subjected to these shows by unwary parents.

This affliction is neither new in India nor surprising and more pervasive than we can imagine. It calls for a better Movie Ratings systems and better enforcement of system on audiences. General populace must be educated and made aware of the ratings system and movied deemed inappropriate for certain age groups must be kept inaccessible to that age group.

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Beautiful write up on current state-of-affairs in Indian Film world and its potential impact on its...

I couldn’t agree with you more, Sunica!