Earlier this week I watched the latest Sonam Kapoor flick Aisha, and today I watched bits and parts of Amar Akbar Anthony, which is not only one of my favourite films but a lesson in entertaining cinema by the late veteran Manmohan Desai.

There had been similar films like AAA in their times. Though most at the time had cliched plots filled with stereotypical characters, they were fun to watch. Possibly because they never intended to deliver what is so commonly referred as "different cinema" nowadays. Those films never meant to take themselves seriously; and directors only aimed to quench the entertainment need of the viewers.

The multiplex culture of today has brought some relevant changes; some of them are good, some mediocre and some plain disastrous. I would consider Aisha to be included in the latter category. I won't say they catered to the multiplex cinema, it rather seemed their target audience was the teeny chicky multiplex cinema, and it falters badly even in that respect.

I wonder where are the filmmakers who make films with universal appeal. We've had 3 idiots recently as a shining example of a film being lapped up by just about everyone in the country, but how many of such films are made. Thank God we've got filmmakers like Raju Hirani who make films taking the whole of India into perspective! otherwise we will continue to be tortured by the so called "ultra cool modern" stuff like I hate luv stories, Aisha and what not, which are poorly made at best.