The Rise of Indian Romance

Jaydon 2022-09-18 23:09:45

For a long time, we have always had an inherent concept of Indian romance films. The male protagonist is poor and kind and can fight, the female protagonist is rich, beautiful and kind, unscrupulous parents prevent the lover, gangsters intervene, and finally the hero saves the beautiful family, and the lover ends. Married family. Especially when the song and dance are suddenly inserted in the middle. But today's "Half Girlfriend" can be said to be refreshing, and we have also seen the harbinger of the new life of Indian romance films.

This film is quite artistic. The story still begins with a romantic encounter between a rich girl and a poor boy. But unlike other films, the hero and heroine met through playing basketball. Moreover, the male protagonist in the film has low self-esteem and is impatient; while the female protagonist has closed his heart due to family reasons, which is very different from the perfect protagonist in Indian films in the past.

What moved me is that the film doesn't stop at romance, it also reflects the status quo of women in India. The heroine's mother suffered domestic violence but had to endure it to maintain the family; the heroine was forced to marry someone she didn't like at the age of 19; when she learned that the heroine was divorced, the hero's mother unabashedly showed contempt; Girls in the village cannot go to school for social reasons. When dynastic romance films were still obsessed with love triangles and imitation plots, Indian films have long been ahead with their own sense of social responsibility.

The female lead quietly left the male lead after she got sick. The male protagonist looks across the ocean. The image of an infatuated man came into view. To be honest, this plot is a bit like a Korean drama, and I don't really like it, but it's not abrupt to put it in. I also had to match the director's skills. There is no shortage of such plots in Chinese movies, but it always seems to have an uncomfortable feeling. Of course, the story said that the heroine had only three months to live, but six months later, when the hero found her, she was alive and well. The director did not explain whether the heroine cured her illness or other reasons. This is indeed a big loophole.

Since 2000, Indian cinema has begun to reinvent itself. No matter from the plot or from the theme, it shows the momentum of going to the world. On the other hand, in some domestic films, the content and ideas are rigid, the plot is crude and rotten, and the director is still obsessed with imitation and vulgar money-making plots. "Half Girlfriend" marked the rise and rebirth of Indian romance films, which provided Chinese directors with role models and rivals.

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