Shahrukh says India will emerge as a global player in film....

Yes but only if we come up with good all round productions, which is to be good story wise, casting wise, etc. It is not going to be soon as of thousands of Indian films, we get good quality films in single digit percentiles. Long way to go, however it is possible.

I feel and voice the same sentiments!!

Its not at all bad to be positive. With big banners like Yash Raj, KJo, Nadiadwala's, Rakesh Roshan.. etc technology is eiher coming in or is already in India. The problem here is that people are still comfortable watching the antics of Akshay kumar in a comic banter rather than his serious film TASVEER!! A film like BLUE which is certainly the first underwater attempt and a very good one at that, flopped miserably!!

So technologically India is going leaps and bpounds. What really requires is the IMPACT that small cinemas like a DEV D or MANORAMA - Six Feet under can cause on the audiences with the bigger name stars! Our big guns are stuck to the genre of romantic capers. Its only now that Big B is attempting a PAA. But it requires a Balki (Advertising vertical) to do it!!

So for Indian Cinema to come of age, if the big guns also put their best foot forward and accomodate new age creative writers and Directors (by this I mean the fees that they charge), I can definitely say there would be a range of worth while Indian Cinema to watch!! Thanks for the referral :)