I come across a lot of ads and warning these days about movie piracy. I’m sure you’ve seen the warnings on videos too. So is piracy really affecting the gross income of the movie industry? The obvious answer would be yes. Now-a-days most of the Hindi Movies are uploaded online in a matter of days of the release date and pirated CDs are sold almost everywhere. One can easily stream online movies. YouTube has the videos uploaded in a matter of hours. Even the production houses put up clips of the movies themselves and sometimes, even release online movies. This means that no one need to troubled themselves with taking out time to go to a theatre and watch the movies when they can just watch them from the comfort of their homes.
But I beg to differ. I don’t think that people have lost the interest in the big screen. After all, who would like to miss the fun of watching a movie on the first day of its release and then telling their friends on Facebook about how awesome it was! People still feel the thrill of pre-booking their movie tickets or waiting in line praying that the show is not full house. But of course, with Hindi Movies I feel that it has to be worth the effort. If people are not taking the pains to go to the theatre and are rather watching the movie online then the industry has to give a long and hard thought about where they are going wrong.
But I beg to differ. I don’t think that people have lost the interest in the big screen. After all, who would like to miss the fun of watching a movie on the first day of its release and then telling their friends on Facebook about how awesome it was! People still feel the thrill of pre-booking their movie tickets or waiting in line praying that the show is not full house. But of course, with Hindi Movies I feel that it has to be worth the effort. If people are not taking the pains to go to the theatre and are rather watching the movie online then the industry has to give a long and hard thought about where they are going wrong.
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