Bollywood

First off, it does supply a lot of jobs for people, Bollywood supplies jobs for more then three hundred thousand people and is India’s sixth biggest industry. But this isn’t all of why Bollywood is important to India. India is proud of Bollywood and what the industry creates, since motion pictures is very important to the country. Motion pictures started to become big in India back in around back in the early 1900's. All the movies that were shown up until the end of the twenties were silent movies.

There has always been a controversy between Bollywood and Hollywood, but what is exactly causing it? Yes, they are top film productions, but so many Hollywood celebrities have collaborated with Bollywood celebrities, and that works the other way around. Is it because one film industry thinks the other is copying them? Is it because there is a bigger fan base than the other?

The unique features of popular Hindi cinema include song and dance, melodrama, and emphasis on stars and spectacle. Bollywood has become a type of abbreviation used to describe this certain industry. Bollywood dance is identified as the dances that are performed and seen in the films. Through these films, Bollywood dance has become popular and recognizable all over the world. What are the origins of this popular dance and what is the controversy surrounding it?

Globalization has spread Hollywood movies all over the world, and our American movie stars are also the world’s movie stars. Some think that because of the way Hollywood goes about picking movies to produce, many of the mass public are looking for something fresh and new. Because of the “American style” of filmmaking, Hollywood produces profit-making movies with easy to understand stories. But is it right to flood other cultural and countries with our sometimes-biased movies? Is Hollywood replacing the cultural identity of many groups of people?

They empower the audience.” It is a fact then that the Media tries to portray and characterize the perfect characters in the society through movie screens. “The movies hit them where they live – in their own state of desperation and doubt. Movies don’t just provide them with escape, as the conventional wisdom would have it. They give teenagers the exhilaration of hope through the illusion of power.” People are being deluded by these so called perfect characters that they have adapted from action figures, super heroes, celebrities and all other glamorous individualities. But are they really so great and perfect after all?

They consisted of some of Bollywood’s biggest stars, had lavish sets, big houses and expensive cars. Examples of such movies were Diwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995) and Kabhie Khushi Khabie Gh... ... middle of paper ... ...nymore, directors feel more comfortable discussing issues of religion, gender and sexuality in NRI centric movies rather than the movies shown to be based in India. This brings me to my last point about how globalization in India is affecting the Bollywood. It’s focusing on it market audience and is mainly targeting the Indian Diaspora. The new ‘patriarch figure”, the new romance and the acceptance of the expatriate Indian, are all happenings which we can directly link to the economic liberalization that has taken place in India today.

The United State of America, India, Egypt and Qatar are some of the many countries that have shown interest in this growing industry and how the movie culture has affected them is mind-blowing. The film industry began its journey in the late 1880s when the first movie camera was invented. Before it had reached the high position it holds now as one of the most successful business on the planet earth it had many struggles and obstacles to conquer. One of the first struggles was that most people back in the day preferred the early television. Early television gave the public a chance to see live acts and performances.

These huge numbers are a result of the public’s obsession with the movies’ glamour, sophistication, and sex appeal. Watching movies motivated the viewers to ea... ... middle of paper ... ...do their chores and work: to earn money to see a movie. The Roaring Twenties, also known as The Jazz Age, was a busy and interesting time in history. Movies set new standards in society, changing pop culture for both the best and the worst. The best aspect of how pop culture was changed by society was the change in how people acted and dressed.

Like the Bond actors this increases interests in the film and also makes the general view and activities of espionage seem glamorous but yet action packed. These films also use the public’s great anticipation and fear of terrorists in these films to engage people and also the films often cleverly use the publics sensitive fear of modern day terrorism to make the films more serious, ... ... middle of paper ... ... violent chase scenes and almost unreal stunts to attract the audience to the films. He uses glamorous gadgets and good looking women also to give the impression that the spies live a fault free life full of wonderful assets. The music used in espionage films is very suited to the style and pace of the films themselves. Every theme tune is very fast, dramatic and striking and makes the audience feel on edge at the start of the film.

Beloved by all, the Mumbai film industry intends to reflect the shared tropes and desires of this imagined community and has come to serve as a source of cultural imperialism. Yet in the new millennium, criticism has grown surrounding the universal appeal of mainstream Hindi Fiction Film. As Mumbai filmmakers discover profitable opportunities to produce films for what are considered ‘modern’ audiences in the diaspora and overseas markets, Indian audiences fear directors are sacrificing substance for style. Films labeled as universal hits have been successful overseas but receive mixed reviews in India (Ganti 2011: 445). As Indian editorials call for directors and producers to return their attention to the ‘All-India’ hit, Bollywood filmmakers maintain that their priorities reside in producing profitable films that exhibit a distinct movement toward modernity.