The viral scene from featuring Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai under moonlight, has garnered significant attention online, with netizens praising its cinematic beauty and lamenting the decline of such artistry in modern films. The scene’s effective use of lighting creates a dreamy, moonlit atmosphere, which many feel highlights the misuse of realism in contemporary filmmaking. Netizens have shared that this type of lighting technique, which evokes a vivid and memorable mood, is a rarity in today’s movies.
Some of them have nostalgically remarked on the decline of outdoor location shoots and the unique aesthetic of older Indian films, contrasting it with the more common, less imaginative approaches seen in recent cinema. Check out some of the posts below: The lighting here is a lost art in movies it’s kindof depressing to think about — cunty michael collins 🇮🇪 (@fenianhecox) The lighting techniques in this scene effectively suggest full moonlight while making the scene memorable, like a vivid dream. To me, it answers this question satisfactorily regarding the misuse/abuse of realism in film (and figurative art in general) nowadays: What is the.
.. — Roger Marques (@rogeriomarquest) I don't wanna sound like a boomer but it's probably because of the over reliance on cgi and bluescreens/greenscreens.
hell, i heard that a forest scene in deadpool&wolverine wasn't even shot in an actual forest set, it was shot via bluescreen 🤦♀ — rui (@tsuyorei) The aesthe.