If there is a reason one should not pick up life lessons from Bollywood movies, it is because of the ridiculously unbelievable situations and scenes it showcases. Here are a bunch of crazy filmy faux pas that Bollywood seems to have perpetuated through the decades.
Lesson 1: Two people in love cannot be separated by airport runway security.
The hero will stop all modes of transport that may carry his lady love away from him. This rule does not stop at rickshaws, cars and trains, but carries on even to planes. Who cares about flight schedules and deadlines when the Captain himself escorts the heroine out of the plane, and into the arms of her true love when he has the daredevil attitude to stand in the middle of the runway to stop her from leaving?
Lesson 2: Don't underestimate the power of Bollywood cars!
The catch is that he is in his car which he is driving comfortably alongside the high-speed train, AND singing loud enough to overpower environmental sounds, directly playing at the heartstrings of miss ladylove. Now that happens only in Bollywood!
Lesson 3: Sudden foreign trips are easy peasy!
We all know how hard it is to plan an international trip. From tickets, to passports, to visas and accommodation. But our Bollywood characters somehow have it all sorted out, to the extent that they can go off on foreign trips with absolutely no notice. Also, for the longest time, there was no definitive destination when the word 'foreign' was used. No UK, no USA, no Australia. The word itself was enough to inspire awe.
Lesson 4: Everyone has a clone they don't know about.
And this clone will appear in the movie only to travel to the same city, meet the same people, live with the same family and take on the role of his twin perfectly to complete the plot of their lives.
Lesson 5: The hero alone is greater than a city's worth of cops
No matter what the crisis, no matter how grave the situation, and no matter how evil the mighty villain, nobody will ever call the cops. Because a hero's job in the movie is to single-handedly defeat an army of goons, rescue his mother and girlfriend, and return home in time for dinner.
Lesson 6: Everyone is prepared with a choreographed dance
Be it a wedding, a birthday, a festival, a religious occasion, all the people around you, including your family, pedestrians, and random strangers at the mall are ready to dance at the drop of a hat. Just begin singing with a purpose, and watch everyone go!
Lesson 7: Musical maestros only need to play one string or one key
Our multi-talented heroes and heroines are ace musicians too! Playing the starting chord of the song they're about to sing is all they need for an entire invisible orchestra to take off, while they rapidly proceed to dance with and woo their targets.
Lesson 8: Rich girls love poor guys
Damsels who are born with silver spoons in their mouths always, ALWAYS pick a guy who is insanely poor, so that she can have her chance at humble beginnings once married to him. What's more, is that she chooses him solely for his heart, because all the rich guys she has met are jackasses.
Lesson 9: Fairytale weddings are planned in the blink of an eye
Planning a 'Big Fat Indian Wedding' can be a 'Big Nightmare' but well, that's not exactly the case in our films! It's just a matter of the couple declaring their love for one another and without much ado, one ring ceremony, one song, one dance, and its happily ever after!
Lesson 10: Everyone ABROAD knows how to speak Hindi
In all our fancy foreign-location films, Indians abroad will only meet and interact with other Indians for a majority of the plot, barring a hot girl and there for the sidekicks to swoon over like a dog, who also, miraculously speaks a few words of broken Hindi. Point proved.
Lesson 11: Indians go to solve cases abroad. And fail.
In the midst of a grave crisis, a stunning robbery, and the world's greatest police force, an Indian cop and his useless sidekick end up being especially invited to solve cases. And they lose the thief. THRICE. What more is there to say?
Lesson 12: You meet your soulmate on flights.
Where in reality the world frets and complains about flight journeys mainly because of whom they happen to be seated next to, Bollywood films always show the blossoming love of a beautiful girl and a handsome boy 36,000 feet about the ground. Talk about the flight of your life!
Lesson 13: Beautiful but clumsy women are rescued from falling by the man of their dreams
A ravishing young beauty taking a regular walk in college is bound to bump into the college stud. Her books and papers fly out of her hands in a rainbow-shaped arc, and float down to the ground softly as her fall is broken by the guy she bumped into. All this is in a romantic pose reminiscent of the ending to a salsa routine. Also, college is as glamorous as your average fashion capital.
Lesson 14: Disguise is the new alternative to plastic surgery
Be it state of the art prosthetic make-up or a simple beard, our actors have no problem disguising themselves. So camouflaging in with carved statues of Greek men or hiding in plain sight of your wife with the help of a pair of glasses which make you unrecognizable is obviously in our genes. So either we're really smart, or are really overdoing it.
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Lesson 1: Two people in love cannot be separated by airport runway security.
The hero will stop all modes of transport that may carry his lady love away from him. This rule does not stop at rickshaws, cars and trains, but carries on even to planes. Who cares about flight schedules and deadlines when the Captain himself escorts the heroine out of the plane, and into the arms of her true love when he has the daredevil attitude to stand in the middle of the runway to stop her from leaving?
Lesson 2: Don't underestimate the power of Bollywood cars!
The catch is that he is in his car which he is driving comfortably alongside the high-speed train, AND singing loud enough to overpower environmental sounds, directly playing at the heartstrings of miss ladylove. Now that happens only in Bollywood!
Lesson 3: Sudden foreign trips are easy peasy!
We all know how hard it is to plan an international trip. From tickets, to passports, to visas and accommodation. But our Bollywood characters somehow have it all sorted out, to the extent that they can go off on foreign trips with absolutely no notice. Also, for the longest time, there was no definitive destination when the word 'foreign' was used. No UK, no USA, no Australia. The word itself was enough to inspire awe.
Lesson 4: Everyone has a clone they don't know about.
And this clone will appear in the movie only to travel to the same city, meet the same people, live with the same family and take on the role of his twin perfectly to complete the plot of their lives.
Lesson 5: The hero alone is greater than a city's worth of cops
No matter what the crisis, no matter how grave the situation, and no matter how evil the mighty villain, nobody will ever call the cops. Because a hero's job in the movie is to single-handedly defeat an army of goons, rescue his mother and girlfriend, and return home in time for dinner.
Lesson 6: Everyone is prepared with a choreographed dance
Be it a wedding, a birthday, a festival, a religious occasion, all the people around you, including your family, pedestrians, and random strangers at the mall are ready to dance at the drop of a hat. Just begin singing with a purpose, and watch everyone go!
Lesson 7: Musical maestros only need to play one string or one key
Our multi-talented heroes and heroines are ace musicians too! Playing the starting chord of the song they're about to sing is all they need for an entire invisible orchestra to take off, while they rapidly proceed to dance with and woo their targets.
Lesson 8: Rich girls love poor guys
Damsels who are born with silver spoons in their mouths always, ALWAYS pick a guy who is insanely poor, so that she can have her chance at humble beginnings once married to him. What's more, is that she chooses him solely for his heart, because all the rich guys she has met are jackasses.
Lesson 9: Fairytale weddings are planned in the blink of an eye
Planning a 'Big Fat Indian Wedding' can be a 'Big Nightmare' but well, that's not exactly the case in our films! It's just a matter of the couple declaring their love for one another and without much ado, one ring ceremony, one song, one dance, and its happily ever after!
Lesson 10: Everyone ABROAD knows how to speak Hindi
In all our fancy foreign-location films, Indians abroad will only meet and interact with other Indians for a majority of the plot, barring a hot girl and there for the sidekicks to swoon over like a dog, who also, miraculously speaks a few words of broken Hindi. Point proved.
Lesson 11: Indians go to solve cases abroad. And fail.
In the midst of a grave crisis, a stunning robbery, and the world's greatest police force, an Indian cop and his useless sidekick end up being especially invited to solve cases. And they lose the thief. THRICE. What more is there to say?
Lesson 12: You meet your soulmate on flights.
Where in reality the world frets and complains about flight journeys mainly because of whom they happen to be seated next to, Bollywood films always show the blossoming love of a beautiful girl and a handsome boy 36,000 feet about the ground. Talk about the flight of your life!
Lesson 13: Beautiful but clumsy women are rescued from falling by the man of their dreams
A ravishing young beauty taking a regular walk in college is bound to bump into the college stud. Her books and papers fly out of her hands in a rainbow-shaped arc, and float down to the ground softly as her fall is broken by the guy she bumped into. All this is in a romantic pose reminiscent of the ending to a salsa routine. Also, college is as glamorous as your average fashion capital.
Lesson 14: Disguise is the new alternative to plastic surgery
Be it state of the art prosthetic make-up or a simple beard, our actors have no problem disguising themselves. So camouflaging in with carved statues of Greek men or hiding in plain sight of your wife with the help of a pair of glasses which make you unrecognizable is obviously in our genes. So either we're really smart, or are really overdoing it.
Source?
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