Why 'ONLY' Hero dies in latest movies ?

Why 'ONLY' Hero dies in latest movies ?

Literature is too wide branch. Because it accommodates many other branches in it. Now, in current time, movies and television serials becomes a part of literature. So, the plot, characters, diction and many other things which we study in any form of literature, now we have to study of movies and serials also.

Here I would like to share my one observation. It came in my mind after recently seen movie “Highway”. In this movie, at the end the protagonist named ‘Mahabir’ dies and the heroine ‘vira’ is remained alive. After the end of the movie suddenly this thing came in my mind. If we observe many recent sad ending movies we find that only hero dies and heroine alive. While earlier what was the thing that in sad ending movie both hero and heroine die. There were some exceptional movies also like “Guide”, “Devdas”, “Mera Naam Joker” or “Deewar” But now this is becoming like tradition very minutely in our movies.

I am giving many examples of it from the recent movies. Some came in my mind and some my friends suggested me. As I told above the movie “Highway”, then “Lootera”, “Aashiqui 2”, “Jannat”, “Once Upon a Time in Mumbai”, “Shootout at Vadala”, “Gunday”, “Ranjana”, “Kal Ho Na Ho” , “Tezz”, “Jannat 2”, “Fanna” etc. 

 So, it is the matter of thinking that why such type of change is coming? And another thing is in most of such movies hero is presented as criminal or in gray shaded role. There are some exceptions also like in this movie “Ranjana” or “Kal ho na Ho” hero is not criminal. But yet he dies. So, is in movies this new type of feminism coming out? Or is hero marginalized in this way? And yet most of such movies are written or produced or directed by males. This thing may not draw our attention perhaps but it is now happening in so many movies. So it can be the case of study.

I am giving my interpretation here. If we see from feministic perspective in most of the movies heroine is shown fairer and morally better than the hero. So perhaps it gives the sense that now it is not the old trend of ‘Herogiri’. And now people will not accept “Sholay”, “Jugnu” “lophar” or “Jwell thief” kind of film were hero is celebrated even with bad qualities. Though in such new films heros do ‘herogiri’ but at the end they die. Or in movies like “Ranjana”, “kal ho na ho” or “Aashiqui 2” they don’t get acceptance for their “the great love” by audience. So, they die. In this way they are marginalized also, because even after they die heroin is shown in quite sane condition.

And if I interpret this as against feminism, then I have two things to say. First is, Death is considered as the matter of courageous persons. Death cannot be easily accepted for anyone especially for females. Because mainly death is the matter of Warriors. Weather they are good or bad. So, by such death of hero they feeds people’s condition of mind that only males can show such courage. Here comes that idea of tenderness of girls (Girls are given dolls and boys tools, as toy). Most of such movies hero meets with quite ‘heroic’ death. Perhaps they tell that this heroine cannot do so she should remain alive and should feel loneliness.

The second thing is, in most of such movies when hero dies heroine becomes reason, directly or indirectly. In “Highway” hero’s mobile is fallen by heroine. From it they are traced by heroine’s father and they kills hero. In “Gunday” clearly heroine becomes cause of death of both heroes. In “Lootera” such situation is created as if hero ‘scarifies’ his life for the heroine, while he first became cause of her suffering, while  there was no need of such surrendering. Then in “Aashiqui 2” this situation is shown where hero does everything for heroin and she cannot do anything for him. And he ‘has to’ die. In “Jannat” also such thing comes. In “shootout at Vadala” heroine herself gets arrested hero to police. In old movie “Guide” also heroine becomes reason of hero’s fall and death. Do these things nourish that idea that “women are dangerous”?And such films are consumed widely by people. That means a large group of people has not any problem with it or a large group of people doesn’t observe it or a large group of people doesn’t care for it.

Whatever the things are but when we find that the same thing is repeatedly being in any form of literature then we should notice it. Because after all literature is the “mirror of the society”. Our thoughts, our beliefs and our problems are reflected there. And any outsider can get the idea of any society or nation by its literature.