Bollywood: a 20 year old static journey
Since this is my first attempt at penning down "what's within my head", I'd like to speak about something that I can speak for hours and hours together: My aversion towards Bollywood. Growing up in a typical Mallu household, I barely watched Hindi shows or anything close to Bollywood. the typical mallu dramas, reality shows, occasional series, and cartoons were the only things I watched TV for. I wouldn't say that back then the Malayalam screens, both big and small had much to offer, it was pretty much the same as the *present* Bollywood. However, on reaching teenage, I started watching Hindi shows, back then Channel V was king, and Bollywood. Songs with heavy dance beats, which literally were sung everywhere, as AIB in one of its videos said, " ab ye gana bajega, shaadiyo mei bajega, annual day pe bajega, aur mayyat pe bhi bajega", lol, was enough to hook a teenager to the whole Bollywood space. Talking about the movies, the same plots weren't disc...