The force awakens after Christmas

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens was released the world over on December 18. But here in India we get to wait another week; until Christmas.


There was a time, right after the economic liberalization in 1991 when old world Licence Raj exploiters formed something called the Bombay Club to try one last time to make some feeble attempt to keep the foreign manufacturers out. The foreigners will destroy the Indian manufacturers they said. Yeah right! 25 years later, Maruti is still the largest car manufacturer in the country and Hero Moto Corp is the largest two wheeler manufacturer in the world. Nilkamal plastics is the largest manufacturer of chairs in the world. Arcelor Mittal is the largest steel manufacturer in the world. The Tata group did not have to sell Tata Motors and Tata Steel and Tata Tea, they went out and bought Corus and Jaguar and Land Lover and Tetley. We can more than hold our own in the world when we are asked to face competition. Even Bajaj started making better two wheelers when they had to face the competition.

And just why was the release date of Star Wars: The Force Awakens pushed out? Because Rohit Shetty and Sanjay Leela Bhansali were worried that The Force would demolish Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani. That is nonsense. Utter rubbish. Those movies do not need Star Wars to ruin their chances at the box office. They are perfectly capable of doing it all by themselves.