Kurukshetra:
Veteran Bollywood actor Om Puri, who has starred in many funny films like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaronand Hera Pheri, says present-day Bollywood comedies are full of sub-standard jokes and punches.
"Such movies do not have a proper plot or story and fail to deliver any message to the masses," said Puri.
Recalling the days when people from literature and theatre entered Bollywood, the 61-year-old actor said thatcorporate cinema has become a prominent part of film culture, resulting in the decline of creative movies.
"It was because of them only that cinema had some meaning in the lives of people," he said whilespeaking at a film festival.
It is a matter of concern for Indian cinema, he added.
Puri said that the South Indian film industry was flourishing and their movies were being increasinglytranslated in various languages and screened across the country, but regional cinema of north and east India is dyinga slow death.
"It is the duty of viewers to praise good cinema and criticize the bad ones which will help inspire the producersto produce good movies," he added.
Speaking on the occasion, Leela Samson, Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification, said that for improvingthe quality of Indian films, there was need to make amendments in The Cinematograph Act, 1952.
She rued the fact that the Central Board of Film Certification was following a 60-year-old pattern for issuingcertificates to the Indian films.
"Such movies do not have a proper plot or story and fail to deliver any message to the masses," said Puri.
Recalling the days when people from literature and theatre entered Bollywood, the 61-year-old actor said thatcorporate cinema has become a prominent part of film culture, resulting in the decline of creative movies.
"It was because of them only that cinema had some meaning in the lives of people," he said whilespeaking at a film festival.
It is a matter of concern for Indian cinema, he added.
Puri said that the South Indian film industry was flourishing and their movies were being increasinglytranslated in various languages and screened across the country, but regional cinema of north and east India is dyinga slow death.
"It is the duty of viewers to praise good cinema and criticize the bad ones which will help inspire the producersto produce good movies," he added.
Speaking on the occasion, Leela Samson, Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification, said that for improvingthe quality of Indian films, there was need to make amendments in The Cinematograph Act, 1952.
She rued the fact that the Central Board of Film Certification was following a 60-year-old pattern for issuingcertificates to the Indian films.