Indian film industry is limping back to normality. The pandemic-hit industry will take time to recover. It needs to reshape itself with a relook of its priorities. A review of Indian film industry is going on alongside the 51st International Film Festival of India at Goa. It is time to reflect on the 60s, 70s and even 80s and what has changed the very idea of cinema.
Prior to ‘Chetna’ in the 70s; it was all about magnificent sets. But the 70s brought about a revolution with shootings done on location over four to five weeks. It was unusual to do so. As acclaimed filmmaker Rahul Rawail puts it, bold themes effected a lot of changes then onwards. Dev Anand starrer ‘Johnny Mera Naam’ gave rise to a new form of action oriented, big plot films in that period. The golden 70s when business was growing fast in the Hindi film-industry saw an ‘unconventional hero’ played by Amaitabh Bachchan in Zanjeer giving birth to the image of ‘angry young man’, a newly established brand back then. Nasir Hussain’s ‘Yaadon Ki Baaraat’ (1973) which saw the coming of Salim-Javed had a great script.
Source: https://www.thehansindia.com/editors-desk/the-fascinating-progress-of-indian-cinema-667454