Old Vs. New

There has always been an age old fight over old vs new. Old clothes vs new clothes, old movies vs new movies, old music vs new music .. everything. Now I donot want to be a traitor of my generation and i have to admit that the "today" generation has come up with really great movies and music. Infact i always run out of patience when i try to watch a black and white movie or those 60s , 70s era movie. I mean , the melodrama was not easy to digest. There were many things in the old movies which were not easy to digest. But you know what, there was something about the bygone era which was beautiful... which is heavily amiss today. Today, a song is shot glamorously, in a breathtakingly beautiful locale, grandeur is absolutely personified on the 70 mm screen . But have you realised that sometimes the simplicity is so soothing? Ok .. it will sound a little silly when i write it here .. the hero would stand in one corner, the heroine in another corner, and they would pour their hearts out to each other through their songs. There was a beauty to it. There was no touching but there were all expressions and still it would convey so much. Now I am not being an 85 year old anti touching, anti sex hypocrite here.:) I am trying to write what goes in my mind when i watch these old songs.
Infact, If you search on Youtube for aaiye Meherbaan, MAdhubala looks amazingly beautiful while being a seductress. See the difference?? I mean , even if i am using the word "seductress" i cannot use the word "hot". She had that dignity, that purity that words like sexy and hot fail for her. That is the purity i am talking about. The men never ever took off their shirts."Six Packs" was never heard of. But they were literally killers. (Sorry John, You know i still love you) Please look out for the song "le ke pehla pehla pyaar" on Youtube. No man has ever given a more killer smile than Dev Anand. and yet it all looked so beautiful! There was no vulgarity, nothing to flinch about.
I dont say movies and songs from our time are vulgar and not watchable. They are great! I swear by them. But, the innocence ... yes thats the word, the innocence is missing.
It is said that trends come back. Our movies are great. I hope we get that "innocence" back.

PS: While talking about sexy songs, I personally think that nobody has looked sexier than Sri Devi in kaate nahi kat-te from Mr. India in that wet blue saari!!! :) :)