Sunday, March 01, 2009

Imagine.



Nothing like a rousing enthralling bollywood dance scene to end off a movie. But this is always the case is it no? A bollywood movie without a dance scene is like a jackie chan movie without fights or a horror movie without blood. So what's the fuss all about?

Some say the dance scenes is anti-climatic to the movie. Or perhaps they aren't used to bollywood movies. I bet, if the film was an English one, made in America, the ending would probably be a marriage ceremony between the two main leads, or the movie would end with a shot of the evil dude *spoiler alert* still being alive despite being shot. 'Cause that's how most American films work. They try to produce sequel after sequel. But bollywood movies are short and sweet. Romance, action and dance.

Perhaps we could produce our own bollywood movie, here in Singapore. All in the name of racial harmony. Why limit to only Indians? I bet no one has seen a crowd of different races dancing together. Well, I haven't. And why not?

Most of our local films feature the local social life or the different social classes or sink into issues that every Singaporean can identity with. But what about the Singapore Dream?

Is there one in the first place? Most would have heard about the American Dream, more popular during the World War Eras, where America was the land of gold. Somewhat.

Imagine a movie with a dance scene. Teenagers to adults to senior citizens, Chinese to Indian to Malay to other races, dancing to the same beat, dancing the same steps, and incorporating different genres. One people, one nation, one national movie.

It's not that hard to imagine.