What about Bollywood then?

The snob in me doesn’t even want to be associated with them. But really if you are objective enough then you'll see that there are good movies here also. It is just our (or am I generalizing from my experience) innate urge to criticize everything that prevents us from ever accepting that they can be good or fun to watch.

Of course, all this is the result of watching Lage Raho Munna Bhai yesterday. I wouldn’t even watch it for free and my friends had to force me to! (What are friends for anyway, if not to teach you things). And I did learn a lot. I learned that it is okay to laugh watching a bollywood comedy, that it is okay to hum a sentimental song (pal pal har pal…), that you are not cool when you criticize Gandhiji and most importantly that Bollywood movies can be fun to watch. (Also it is nice to hear Vidya Balan call "Murali..." with love in her eyes).

So that is my advice to anyone who thinks like me (and I think this applies to you), go watch Lage Raho Munna Bhai.