Film Ethics In Cinema

A word derived from the Greek language, ethics finds its origin from the word ‘ethos’ which in Greek means ‘character’. When we hear the word ethics, we understand that it is what should be done in order to fall into the normality of society. It is what is expected. Being ethical only means having the knowledge of doing the right thing at the right time. The ability to distinguish between the right and wrong is what ethics is all about. The word ethics has found its way in every walk of life ranging from ethics in business to ethics in healthcare. This report talks about the ethical practices we find in the Indian cinema, the much-loved Bollywood.
The film industry teaches a lot; it teaches us about the society, our culture, our traditions, the wrongs and the rights. Nevertheless, is our film industry always ethical? Does it do what is right? Our country has diverse religions, traditions, cultures and backgrounds and the cinema gives an overview of it all. From the beginning, motion pictures have been close to us Indians as a source of entertainment. We start watching shows and movies at a very young age, and this affects our minds. It is not difficult to find a child who is a fan of the cartoon series ‘chota bheem’ and religiously follows it. Students of high school i.e kids in the 8th and 9th class talking

Quite often than not, we hear cases of suicides where the blame is ultimately put on a member of the industry. We hear cases of girls being forced into doing things in order to get a role in a movie. Rarely we do find a person in the industry who has worked his way up. The big names in the industry today, were people born into the industry and this is not truly fare to the the people who are not from a film star family. When newcomers are not given the chance, they will resolve to various means in order to be noticed by the people in