Ah, what a time it was when film advertisements were published in newspapers, a person's heart would be happy just by seeing advertisements. The headline would be "Watch tonight, in Metropole and the entire circuit, the biggest film of the year, the twenty-fifth successful week." Advertisements for English films would be published with translations, such as the 'translation' of Above the Law by Abu De La! But with some English films it would be specifically written "For Adults Only" although there was nothing adult about them, there was only a semi-normal romantic scene which worked as 'porn' in those days. Well, this era has passed, now what is adult and what is not, everyone has a smartphone in their hands, open your heart and watch it as you wish.
The weddings of those days were also simple, ending with mehndi, baraat and walima. There was a drum but the girls at home would add splendor. A little dancing and singing on mehndi and that too in women's clothes, that's all. Praise be to God, now at every wedding, boys and girls practice dancing for days, they are saved in a film style on camera and then uploaded on YouTube with great care. The elderly are also not behind in this work and it is a good thing that they are also fulfilling their longings with this generation. There are dozens of such changes that have taken place in the last few decades and we have become a part of them in an imperceptible way whether we want it or not. Be it eye-catching weddings, adult movies or any new custom, everything seems strange at first, but as these things become ‘normal’, people become more and more motivated to adopt them.
The changes that have come about in the last few decades were not even thought of by anyone, great intellectuals, writers and billionaires could not predict these changes. When Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, people predicted that it would be just a matter of a few years before humans would colonize Mars, but that never happened. The prediction of conquering the universe turned out to be completely wrong. The new year has just begun, and wise people are making various predictions about what will happen this year, what more artificial intelligence will do, and what humans will become in a year. In principle, I should also make some predictions because this business is such that it sells out immediately. If the predictions are not correct, no one remembers them or asks, but if by luck an arrow hits, they become new, and people start considering you as a real intellectual. That is why I have decided to take this gamble. My first prediction is that in the next few years, the bird called Privacy will completely disappear. Masha Allah, we have all allowed the apps on our phones to peek into our microphone and camera, these apps listen to our words and immediately start showing ads accordingly. A righteous and pious man once told me that I don’t know why there are so many pornographic ads on my phone, I told him not to click on them by mistake, most of them are frauds. I don’t know why he got quiet after hearing me. But this year, it will be known that you are still thinking that artificial intelligence will offer you an alternative. If you don’t believe me, ask your phone what time you sleep and wake up, it will open your dirty mind.
The second prediction is regarding marriages, marriages will now become a regular Netflix series. In India, film actors are invited for weddings by paying money, now the day is not far when directors will also be invited, they will tell the bride and groom how to enter the hall by holding hands, how to look into each other's eyes and when the girl will have tears in her eyes while looking into the camera. There will also be a separate script for the wedding celebrant and it is not unlikely that he will tell the director that sir, I will not read this wedding, my lines are very few. To comment on the wedding, an army of food bloggers will be called Zafarmoj, who will be commenting on the size of the herbs. Simplicity will become a thing of the past. The third prediction is about government officials. Their annual performance reports will now be written on the basis of TikTok, especially police officers. The officer who performs like Nana Patekar in the film 'Ab Tak Chappan' will be called the star of the tribe. The officer whose Instagram reel is viewed by at least one lakh people will be deployed in the field. In the government budget, money will be allocated separately for social media, which will be used for the projection of senior officers. From this budget, social media influencers will be recruited who will tell officers how to get out of a car with a siren, what kind of music to play in the background, how subordinates should chant “Hato Bacho” and how to make videos that provide justice go viral on the spot.
The fourth prediction is that whether the world reaches Mars or AI starts ruling humans, some traits of humans will never change, men’s lust, women’s desire to look beautiful and the youth’s obsession with getting rich through shortcuts. And the fifth and final prediction is that artificial intelligence will develop so much that there may be no need for columnists, you will just give orders to AI and it will present you with a column written in the style of this fakir.
