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'''CINEMA AND ITS INFLUENCE

General popularity of films:The cinema has indeed come a to stay as cheapest and most popular form amusement. Any other means of entertainment stands no comparisons to the cinema.Its a craze with people.The ordianry office goer to housewife to buiseness man to labourers like to spend a pleasant evening watchin films.Infact students are beyond any doubt the greatest movie fan.

Films can be both an educative and a corrupting influence:The influence that cinema does on the society is quite strong.The impact is basically because cinema is cheap and easily available means of entertainment and secondry its audio visual appeal to the mind.What one views on the screen or hear register in one's mind,hence cinema can develop in to a very powerful weapon to educate or corrupt the masses.

Early films exercised a healthy influence on the society:The filmms that were being made earlier was very powerful weapon to educate the masses to educate mobilise public opinion against some social evils.Filmakers like V.SHANTARAM and BIMAL ROY are some great example with thier successive films that aroused the people against dowry system,the labour exploitation, the other soical evils.The films were a saga of Indian parenthood and the films has some message.Their influence on the society was healthy.

Modernity corrupting the taste:Unfortunately the trends have changed.Most of the modern Indian movies ignore higher ideas and motives.Silly.sick,sentiments,romances,impossible and absurd situation are only in films.Today only to gain maximum profits and to purchase cheap popularity.

Entertainment vs.Education:If properly guided cinema will have a very healty influence on the life and character.It can represnt great scene from history and geography.It can lift our mind from the low to sublime.The entertainment value of the cinema can't be denied.All that is desirble is to make the entertainment healthy and defined.It is time impotance should be given to education value.In India where illteracy rate is very high the cinema can be very splendid aid in campaign on behalf of adult education.