The Tragedy of Family Entertainment


Rasbhari (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb


For the past few days, I have been struggling. Struggling to find something entertaining on television. Yes, there are plenty of shows, we have even subscribed to Amazon Prime. Also, we have unlimited data to spend every day. But Alas ! the tragedy is that I cannot find something entertaining that my entire family can watch with me. Now I understand why people like Rohit Shetty marketed their films as "family films". Whenever I start the television the only thing that I can watch with my family is the news.

Most of the movies shown on television are either already seen by us, are not at all entertaining or completely out of the world, and unrelatable. When I start watching a sci-fi movie or a superhero movie or an animated movie, my parents instantly start protesting. They say those are for "kids". That is complete madness, look at those crazy people they say. It is neither possible to watch films supposedly meant for people our age nor the ones meant for kids. What a funny situation! 

In the era of "web series," I haven't found even one series which has a good script, is entertaining to watch and has at least some positivity to it. Most of the series use excessive abusive language, unwanted awkward nudity, and feeds unnecessary propaganda in the minds of the young audiences. Some of the audiences take so seriously, they start comparing it with real lives. The only web series that I particularly enjoyed with my family was "The family man" with Manoj Bajpayee in lead. Although we had to rush to the remote in some instances, it was an entertaining watch full of thrill and suspense. Series like "4 more shots" are off the limits for family entertainment for obvious reasons but at least good to watch the cinematography. However, amazon prime completely lost it with absolute rubbish series like "Rasbhari" that is not only pure filth but also has miss anti-national Swara Bhaskar in lead. Good to see it got the lowest ratings on IMDB. What were you thinking Amazon Prime? I want my money back.

Like the good old days, I am now re-watching old movies like Sooryawansham, Guru, and Nayak for the 100th time because there is nothing else we can enjoy together. Among Hollywood movies, we watched Baby's day out, home alone, and Mr. Bean movies. Ramayana, Vishnu Puran on Doordarshan makes me nostalgic and gives a positive message. Even though the cinematography wasn't that good, no good animations, at least they had a good script in those days. I am done, no more modern entertainment for me. What do you think?




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