Can movies make mistakes?

Sometimes they are impractical. Sometimes it’s the truth.

‘The Indian nation has three estates, namely The Judiciary, The Legislature and The Executive. Dawned with varied detailed functions to perform, that help in the smooth running of the nation.’

We all have heard our Social Studies teacher yell this to us while our schooling years. And we have memorized them, word-by-word. But have we ever wondered how did these three form? Or come into the picture? So are there only three? Why not a fourth one?

Indian Media is the fourth estate of the nation. Believe it or not. It is. And the Indian Media strongly consists of all channels of communication- news houses, media agencies, press houses, PSAs, television, radio and even billboards.

Thus including the booming sector of Movies- a Mass Entertainer. Mass communicator. And Mass Educator. And as a mass educator, movies regardless of their origin carry the responsibility of tutoring the masses. About the social deeds, societies’ err, changes that need to be accepted, taboo and more.

But what happens if the movie that is highly expected doesn’t turn out to be a mass educator? What if the story of the movie is great but the plotline has holes? Is it okay to release such a movie?

Taking an example of the latest OTT release-Mimi. Mimi talks about Indian women being surrogates to NRIs. Unspoken & unheard topic which the movie boldly addresses off. But fails due to huge un-researched plotlines that actually make the story.

Indian Govt has passed & amended a number of rules that speak of the procedure, execution & laws about foreign surrogacy that the movie doesn’t highlight at any point. Why would the director, story writer, screenplay or actor have no background on the same? Or just google it? To be on the safe side?

After Mimi, a whole lot of individuals from the legal & medical communities have spoken up. Talking about the errs, potential flaws and more, shown in the movie- opening the eyes of the audience.

The question we need to ask is- Has the Indian audience taken movies to be just a three-hour of viewing? And learn nothing from it? Or does the film industry no longer believe in the huge influence of movies? Is the Indian society giving up on educating the masses through the talkies? Or are movies just a source of income for the artists? And a joke on practicality?