The world of entertainment has changed significantly in last few years. A large chunk of young people is obsessed with short format videos on social media and actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui believes that this cheap form of entertainment is harming the imaginative ability of people.
Nawaz told News18, “With audio-visual, like for example Instagram, you surf through many videos and as soon as you shut the app, you tend to forget everything- you saw. Here lies the difference… your imagination becomes stronger through audio stories but the format of audio-visual dumbs it down.”
He added, “We are looking for cheap entertainment in these times, and I am sorry to say this but I see kids today constantly watching something or the other but if you ask them a question to test their general knowledge like the capital of a country or the name of an important person, they need to Google it. That’s the only way they know because it’s easy.”
Nawazuddin concluded by saying, “It is dangerous as no one wants to imagine anything anymore and exercise or put pressure on their brains. I think in today’s times, one should listen to audio stories to make their imagination shaper and visualise what they hear.”
