"The difference being that in films, unlike in life, good does always win over evil in the end"
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Devgan, speaking as an actor, also smuggles in a self-aware defense of mainstream hero narratives. The “always” is doing heavy lifting: it names the contract of commercial cinema, especially star-driven Indian films where morality is often written in bold strokes and the hero is a guarantee. That certainty isn’t naïve; it’s a product being delivered. When life feels bureaucratic, corrupt, or simply random, the film’s promise that virtue will be rewarded becomes a kind of public service.
The subtext is slightly darker: if goodness reliably won in the real world, we wouldn’t need to insist on it so loudly on screen. His phrasing positions cinema as a moral rehearsal space - a place where audiences can experience closure, outrage safely metabolized into catharsis. It also hints at why villains in popular films are so exuberant: evil has to be vivid to make good’s eventual victory feel earned, even when the outcome is preordained.
Taken in cultural context, the line reads like a star admitting the obvious and letting the audience off the hook for wanting the obvious anyway.
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