Impact of films on the children and Youth?

Our society today is more influenced by media and film.

Every day we come across incidents that happens around us seems have got more influence of the films that the youth view.

Well from the young to the old and from children to youth we hear them sing latest film songs.

Today a school going child knows all the latest movies and latest songs that is being released in the theaters.

In way we must be happy that they are kept informed well with the present but...

Why we need to discuss on this topic? would be the question that would be arising in many of the readers of this article.

Well I am being a teacher I love to see the children update themselves with latest events of the world and they grow better.

I am really surprised today with one incident that I have come across in my class.

As a English language teacher I have asked my students to prepare important easy that would hopefully be asked during their board exam.

The lesson was taught and explanations were given and the important points were given to them in the class.

When the day came for them to write the test, I did not want them to do as we usually do writing the test.

I have asked them just to give me the summary of essay and brief the answer too.

I used to ask them the update of sports, educations, games, cricket, media, important events in the world, daily news etc for about 3 to 5 minutes every day so that the children aware of the world better.

Today I happened to ask the boy what are the latest movies that has hit the screens this week and the latest song that captured many likes in the face book.

Surprisingly the boy who suppose to be a slow learner in my class stood up and explained whole story in a nutshell, the way he explained I was wondered whether he is the director of the movie.

I was wonderstruck with the talent that he has been blessed with.

The very next question of mine was to the boy is to brief the essay but he failed.

I was just wondered the boy so called so learner was able to narrate the three hours story so well.

Why he can’t remember the easy that has been taught to him one full year and timely examinations could not be successful.

Well I don’t blame the child it is the influence and the interest matters.

The media and film so much captivates the mind of the people it has become part of human life.

We cannot do away with it. We often find a rickshaw puller, a cooli who works in a market, a mechanic in a car service centre humming a latest numbers of film turns.

We hear a young man or a woman talking enthusiastically about the acting of a hero or a heroin or even a wonderful child actor or an actress.

The drone pipe pants, the mini skits, the fold of saree and different kind of shirts have been imitated from the actors and actresses.

We can always feel the young generation today with mobile phone, iPods, taps in their hands and head set on their hears just moving with dance on the street sometimes never even noticing what is happening around them.

Film songs today so captivating and enthusing that really haunt both children and youth, film stories at times provide meaningful themes'.

every individual today wants to be a hero or heroine to be noticed in their day today life.

A film star is a role model for many of the young today.

They imitate their gestures, dressing style, way of talking and mannerisms.

Many criminals have confessed that they committed crimes just by seeing the movies.

It do disturb the children to take their attention from studies.

The real fact is that the young people who spend a lot of time before the TV, or in cinema theaters and they spend their precious time in a world of imagination and empty dreams.

The ambitions are far from realities and they fail to adjust themselves with realities of life.

When they find that they cannot reach their dreams they easily get disappointed.

However cinema can help people to be aware of the social evil such as child labour ,caste, theft, killing, and many more social evils.

Since the young are not motivated by the fixed ideas they are quick to changes and are able to bring about desired changes in society.

Thus we may say the influence of cinema on the young minds is quite deep and strong.

As a whole if we look at the positive side of cinema it colous their thinking.

It determines their aims, it moulds their outlook.

Hence the film producers and the film Directors have a great role to play in making the society and the young grow in a better environment.

The movies must show forth values and virtues to the young children and youth.

The parents and the teachers, professors must guide the children and youth to choose movies which depicts realties and noble ideas of life.

It is the need of the hour that children today must learn to use media for the good.

There is always a great fear among the elders that the influence of media on the young has got so much of impact that our tradition of noble life is slowly gives way to so called modern life style which often questions the realities of life.

It is only my hope that our young needed to be taught to No to evil and have strong will power to stand for truth.

I do agree it is big task for parents of today with all modern life style to bring up a child.

But one must understand there is no way while you need to be strict where you suppose to be then only you are making a best platform for your child.

Thank you