Impact of Cinema on Youth

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As far as life goes, everything has become high technology. We have walked on the treadmill instead of strolling in the park. This high technology is a product of our lives being more fast-paced. We have become busy all the time. Eating is just a fast-food chain away. Many have coped up, but many have stayed behind. In a quest for relief to our tiring or sedentary lifestyles, we have come to a solution--movies. Movies, as an entertainment, forms a part of our leisure time. Going to the pictures has now become a craze with young people, both boys and girls, and it has been noticed that they often economize on other items of expenditure but they must see films every week, if not twice or thrice a week. A healthy hobby is, of course, to be welcomed but seeing films too frequently is far from such a hobby. This fast growing habit is not only expensive (because of the high rates of admission to cinema halls) but also results in considerable waste of precious time which can certainly be devoted to healthier, less wasteful and more gainful pursuits. The cinema, it is said, can serve as a good medium of education and instruction, and the message that can be conveyed through films cannot be conveyed as effectively through any other channel, such as the radio, because of the colourful, visual impact made by gorgeously dressed girls conducting themselves in a particular fashion, defying their parents and guardians, challenging their judgment, describing them as old-fashioned etc., walking out of their houses at odd hours and sometimes marrying the hero secretly and then creating awkward situations or giving major shocks to their parents. The love scenes, the amorous couples, the stereotyped formula stories and the eternal triangle all create an effect that is far from healthy or conducive to good morals and good conduct. Young boys and girls are attracted by the

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