Acharya Prashant responds to a question about the dual nature of films, which provide entertainment but also generate distressing news. He begins by stating that we must first move beyond the notion that films are merely for entertainment. This perception stems from our ignorance about the mind and the nature of entertainment itself. We don't understand what the mind is and why it repeatedly needs stimulation or entertainment. Consequently, we keep running towards entertainment and consider it a simple, harmless, or trivial matter. Entertainment, he explains, is not such a small thing. The word 'ranjan' (a part of the Hindi word for entertainment, 'manoranjan') means to be colored or stained. Therefore, entertainment is the act of staining the mind, especially if the quality of the entertainment is not considered. We think that entertainment just comes, changes our mood, and goes away, but that's not all it does. It doesn't just entertain your mind and leave; it settles in your mind. 'Ranjan' means to be stained, like when an external object touches you and leaves its mark. Similarly, entertainment is when an external thing—a film, its story, scenes, songs, characters—comes and doesn't just leave after two and a half hours. It takes up permanent residence in your mind, and after that, it starts controlling your life. The speaker argues that most of what we know about the mind, human beings, life, family, and the purpose of life comes predominantly from films and cheap entertainment. Our entire life is being controlled by films. He asserts that films have become the primary educators on love and the meaning of relationships. They have taught us what is considered 'hot' and what is not. The speaker finds it astonishing that while we are concerned about national security and external enemies, we are not vigilant about the enemy that has entered our minds through media and is enslaving us mentally. He points out the hypocrisy in being agitated by attacks on our traditions and religion while ignoring how films are corrupting our culture and values. The film industry, he says, is controlled by people who understand the public's pulse and cater to their basest desires for profit. The public, in turn, encourages this by consuming such content, creating a vicious cycle. He concludes that the issue of what is being served as entertainment is a matter of national importance, as it is shaping the minds of the entire country.