Movies that make us cry, not Bollywood cinema!

We as humans are born into bondage called institution. Born into categories, colours, religion and gender.We need more cinemas that provoke us, make us uncomfortable, cringe, cry even. We need it  so that we can think critically inward and outward. Hasn't this been the ideology that any educational institution has been promoting and suppressing in every child since time immemorial, critical thinking? Therefore confusing us.

Would you rather imagine a world that hath no opinions? That makes an immortal, larger than life mass production of film ‘stars’ or would you like a story with a tangible lifeline that throbs its way into every viewer’s hearts?  I fear the day my niece, daughter, friend, sister or any ‘unfortunate’ girl has to be raped because she doesn’t belong to a certain religion. I fear that I will have to wash off the innocent blood of a teenager who dared to wear jeans (because it is against some religious text) . Scared I am, of the day I will post something that would not sit well with a political party and I be charged of treason. So, we need cinema that makes people think, that tells us that we aren't as critical as we need to be and as smart as we think we are. That life ain't no running around trees and making sweet love on honeymoon nights courtesy - papa’s money (the way most; not all, Bollywood cinemas promote).

We need the sobbing and sniffing of an entire theatre when they watch helpless children being molested. We need the tears of anguish that grip them when they watch an innocent woman being stoned to death in the name of religion. We need the questions that arise in every eighteen year old’s mind, questioning what his/her religion, teacher,peer,parents and media has been telling. All we need is something that sparks the urge to question.

Of all the things I fear, I fear most my own silence while the world burns.