Simplicity in Screenplay

Being quite tied up with work & lack of incentives to write about something probably kept me away !...Anyways in the meanwhile I managed to catch up on a very simple but beautiful movie..Thanks to the new interest groups in our city ,most of the multiplex chains are focusing on bringing good foreign films as a part of their regular screenings...Gone are the days where one had to wait for a film festival to see some of the best works abroad...In that series I managed to see one beautiful French movie 13 Tzameti

The movie epitomizes simplicity of content and screenplay.There are NO elaborate sequences which "explain " why a certain character is committing an act .It brilliantly captures the feelings and perspective when his existence is determined by sheer chance. The Russian Roulette games keep the viewer intrigued and at the edge of their seats and make the viewer feel the emotions experienced by the protagonist at every stage.

Seeing movies like this makes me wonder why do Indian film makers lay so much emphasis on "explaining" actions or sequences in a movie.The audiences sometimes should be left to ponder and analyze movies with his/her own interpretations.Considerably the film makers may argue that the audience is not ready to accept such"thoughtful" movies as they look at them as means to get entertained only.To all filmmakers who come up with such ridiculous theories and insist on spending 25 crores to make Akshay Kumar/SRK or anyone just woo their heroine in different locations and build a tale with characters interacting with the heroine /hero, I would just tell them to answer honestly why did they like Om Shanti Om .

P.S : OSO is one of my most favorite movies in the recent past.