India Masala
Bollywood and culture in an emerging India
Are Indian audiences ready for the truth?
There is something addictive about watching ‘The Moment of Truth’, the American TV show where contestants have to tell the truth to win cash.
Contestants go through a polygraph test to determine if they are lying while answering a set of questions based on their lives.
I must admit to feeling a certain thrill when contestants are exposed as adulterers, cheats and liars as family members and viewers look on.
When the show’s Indian version ‘Sach Ka Saamna’ premiered on television this month, I wondered if the questions would be as personal.
And they were.
A woman was asked if she wanted physical relations with someone other than her husband.
She answered in the negative but the polygraph test proved she was lying.
Don’t like this Bollywood film? Get your money back
Anti-pimple creams, credit cards, items at department stores — now add Bollywood movies to the list of things with money-back guarantees.
The makers of “Mukhbir,” a new film, are so confident it will do well they are offering a refund (minus taxes, of course) to people who don’t like it.
The film, a spy thriller, doesn’t really have a major Bollywood star but this promotional offer might just help draw in audiences on the lookout for some free entertainment.
Maybe it will also set a trend for films in India. One where the audience is always right.
Consider a few fictitious examples -
‘Hey, Shah Rukh Khan looks too old to play a college kid. The plot is implausible. Give me my money back.’
‘Didn’t like the acting. And the movie was an hour too long. Refund please.‘
I agree with Ashlesha, but this is just a gimmick I am sure none of us are taking it very seriously. Agar this money back becomes a reality think about where will all the producres go, half of the production houses will be closed. .
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The Wall
I am a fan of not the show but of the concept n theme. the greatest aspect of the theme is to pose the inside out. its not ‘sach ka saamna’ rather facing oneself. and when one has to face oneself ‘nothing could be more scary”..cheers!! to the show as well…