tadka in kerala nor idli in bhatinda its all about developing a taste movies are not about medias malls and multiplexes perhaps indian cinema can reinvent itself like the japanese who have integrated their mythologies beliefs and created original cinema if the italians invented neorealism in cinema the germans expressionism the french new wave then what did we invent bollywood indian cinema will be global only if it takes roots in the indian soil and then grows like a banyan tree sprouting roots in other countries ages ago our stories were universal if not a child in indonesia would not be watching ramayana today our stories were timeless if not tibetans would not be reciting tantras if indian cinema goes the hollywood way by becoming bollywood then we are likely to witness complete cultural disaster the author is a filmmaker