I can now relate with most prisoners. No, not with the torture, not with the isolation. But with the food. The food might be okay at first glance. But it is the repetition that is the problem. Every breakfast is the same. Every lunch and dinner is the same. It would be okay for the first few days. But after that? It's just hell. Similar is the case with Indian Cinema. This post is targeted mostly at Indian Cinema. But the problems discussed here are also applicable to the cinemas of other countries. So, what is the problem? Templates. Cliches. Tropes. Indian filmmakers tend to heavily rely on these. Does this give us a fundamentally good movie, with good acting and a good screenplay? NO. The cliches, tropes, and stereotypes just make a movie bad. No, terrible. Why would I, as a part of the audience, want to watch a similar plot point that has been horrendously ripped off another movie? And here begins the chain of events: This plot point is used in another movie, and another, and