DISCLAIMER: Not saying that I'm an avid movie watcher, rather, it's an analysis of whatever little I've seen. It's just my observation getting penned down. Give it a read and post your thoughts in the comment section.
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Cinema is culmination of arts. People, who are brilliant in the respective fields, come together to create magic. It exists in various forms; can be a 10-15 minutes short film or, a 3-hr long movie or, a series hour long episodes, etc. Has been the medium of entertainment & knowledge since a very very long time.
Bharat, being the janak of natyashashtra, needs a look at it's contemporary cinematic creations. Now, a nation as diverse as us creates almost 2000 movies per year. It would roughly mean a screen time of 6000 hours, if one has to watch all, which is impossible. The other hurdles being the language and the understanding of native culture of different parts of this great nation.
Accepting this reality, I would restrict my analysis to the "Bollywood" and few of the regional movies that I've watched. As it is clear from the title of this blog, it's a commentary on the role of Dharmic cameos in the Indian Cinema.
As much as wokeness has affected the Western bioscope, Ganga-Jamuni-Tahzeeb has done the same (or even more) damage to the Bhartiya big screens. Bollywood, being the prime culprit, needs a deep analysis of it.
That said, there have been multiple instances of "divine intervention" in movies..
Bharat, being a Dharmik society, enjoys the praise of Dharma in any form. For us, it's the representation of our internal ethos on a big screen. So whenever a character is shown as devout Ram-Bhakt or Shiv-Bhakt, we see a reflection of ourselves in him/her. And if the character itself is divine... then it feels as if we met 'prabhu'. That's a very big reason for success of films which have Dharmic content. Not only it adds people with them, that small divine intervention uplifts the quality of the movie to a level higher than usual.
Some examples:
1. RRR and Bahubali: Great movies. Master Rajamouli at his work.. but these scenes took the movie on a different scale..
A not so good movie 'Ram Setu' becomes a good one time watch because of that AP factor. Countless examples that if somewhat right intention are poured in, the almighty takes care of all.
