Cinema Entertainment

The cinema is one of the most marvelous and fascinating forms of mass entertainment. With the introduction of the talkie we can now see as well as hear a film. With the advent of techno-color 70 mm film and the panoramic screen most realistic effects can be seen on the screen today.

With the trick photography even the most fantastic scenes and happenings can be presented and even the limitations of time and space can be transcended.

Naturally the cinema is the most popular form of entertainment with universal appeal. With the advent of the colour television and the video, the cinema has come into our drawing room.

Because of the appeal to the eye as well as ear, colours, music, songs, dances, powerful story, trick photography and the art of histrionics, films have become a very powerful medium of mass, communication and entertainment. They can be used to provide education and healthy entertainment to the masses.

History, geography, science, arts, crafts and many other subjects, skills and techniques can be taught through films. Films can serve as an effective medium of demonstration also. Learning through films is a great fun. Moreover, a film can reach millions of people at a time-a thing no teacher can do.

Films can be used to educate people about new products, processes and development activities. They can be used to arouse people's interest in various development projects and secure their co-operation and active participation in them. They can be used to create public opinion against many social evils and outdated customs and superstition.

The cinema has a very powerful influence on young and illiterate people, since their minds are most impressionable. They learn lessons of crime, violence and many other evils from the films. Charmed and deceived by the glamor of films, young and immature" people become film-addicts and fans of heroes and heroines. No wonder we find a film actor or an actress becoming a member of parliament or a minister or chief minister or even the president of a country.

Excessive film viewing becomes habit-forming, and is harmful to eyes and health. The viewer wants to escape from the real world and live in the world of make-believe.