I’ve been thinking a lot about movies lately. Especially about their impact and influence on our lives. I am talking not only about the violence in films, or pornography or its sleazy dialogues but about its effects on our own minds and our mindset, our youth and our society as a whole. Movies have been the source of entertainment from time immemorial. After a long day at work, you come home, and you’re on the couch in front of the TV or you go to the theaters with your family; movies are tools of relaxation and your way to unwind after a busy day. According to the Wikipedia, a Film “encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects. Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considered to be an important art form, a source of popular entertainment and a powerful method for educating - or indoctrinating - citizens." We learn from what we see. We observe, absorb and imitate. Why do you think everyone nowadays is keen to hire public figures to endorse their products? It is because we are influenced by what we see. Because the glamour of the tinsel town is irresistible and these visuals have an immense impact on our way of thinking and our decision making. You simply can’t deny the fact that Gujarat seems more plausible for a vacation than Rajasthan, after you’ve seen Amitabh Bachchan promoting it. Or the fact that you’re biased to a particular brand of shampoo or perfume just because your favorite actor endorses it. So can we really blame the movies for the way our society is today? Movies sway the Indian society in different ways: Be it the clothes they wear, the way in which they speak, their social behavior, is all affected by commercial Bollywood films