The term ‘Bollywood’ represents the Hindi Film Industry. The initial Hindi films in Bollywood were black and white, which means that there were no colourful movies, like we see them today. Then the trend changed and the coloured movies were also being made. Those trends changed and they are changed even now because of the ‘need of hour’. It was the need of the hour to change the movies from black and white to coloured movies. Similarly, in the initial films, the movies were actors centric and now they are actress centric. This means that in the initial movies, the centre of attraction was the actors and now in the 21st century, the centre of attraction is the actresses. There were times in Bollywood when the actors were being paid high then the actresses and now the actresses are being paid equal. This change was accepted because the people were able to accept this fact, that a movie …show more content…
The money is more than the expected price. And thus, the movie becomes the blockbuster. It is believed that any movie can be the blockbuster, but this is not true. Only those movies can be and they have been the blockbusters, which are really very good. Those movies which have the best story, plot and screenplay are the blockbuster movies. Now you must be thinking that which are the blockbuster movies of Bollywood? Here is the list of the blockbuster movies that are worth watching: Mughal-E-Azam: Mughal-E-Azam is the first blockbuster movie of Bollywood. This movie is a movie of three hours. This movie is based on the love story of the Prince Salim, who was the son of the Mughal Emperor – Akbar. His son fell in love with the woman of lower strata of the society and this was unbearable for Akbar. On his orders, Anarkali, the girl whom Salim loved was locked in four walls and she died there only. This movie was made with immense efforts and it is surely the best movie of all times in Bollywood. Mother
Jaws (1975), directed by Steven Spielberg, is considered to be the first “blockbuster” film ever created. A blockbuster in film is defined as a motion picture or novel, especially one lavishly produced that has or is expected to have wide popular appeal or financial success. Jaws came out on June 20, 1975. Bill Higgins states in his article, “Jaws ' place in Hollywood blockbuster history was cemented in the summer of 1975 when it was No. 1 at the box office for 14 consecutive weeks en route to making history as the first film to gross more than $100 million” (Higgins). Based on the definition of a blockbuster, Jaws truly meets every criterion to be called a blockbuster and was the first blockbuster film ever created because of its widespread
Blockbuster founded in 1985 by David Cook, the first store opened in Dallas, Texas. At its peak, Blockbuster had up to sixty thousand employees and more than nine thousand stores.[4] “With more than 8,000 VHS tapes in more than 6,500 titles, Blockbuster store was three times larger than its nearest competitor. Unlike other video chains that stored movies behind the counter, Blockbuster displayed titles on shelves.” [2] It became the giant movies and video games rental chain. So, why such a giant entertainment provider ended up filed for bankruptcy and closing thousands of it stores? It leaves you with a weird memory and hard to get worked up about a once massive corporation, but still dewy-eyed recalling a trip to brin...
from any Hindi film. For decades, Bollywood has doted on its mothers, and fans of
For this essay I intend to discuss how Hollywood as an industry has used the marketing strategies of blockbuster films to significant advantage in film merchandising. Along with the use of mass merchandising as a form of marketing films, with the hope of creating awareness among the public.
The term crossover itself is a new emerging trend in Indian cinema. It has emerged to encapsulate the new brand of cinema that crosses cultural borders at the stage of conceptualization and production and thus manifests a hybrid cinematic grammar at the textual level as well as crossing over in terms of distribution and reception. It is both situated and global. Situated in the sense that it depicts the cultural aspect of a particular society but global by the fact that it has the ability to go beyond genre, audience and cultural borders. In that sense it is not relegated to one cultural border. Moreover, the term crossover for this genre of movie comes from the fact that it appeals to a wide variety of audience, cross-cultural conceptualization, production and reception. This lends cultural hybridity to the cinematic text. As, also the fact that it is grounded in a multiple of national, cultural and generic source. In such type of films as i...
In essence, the term New Hollywood refers to the great changes experienced in American film history from the mid-1960’s to the early 1980’s. It is mostly considered as a time of revival. Consequently, during this period, the young filmmakers gained popularity in the industry due to the influence they had after changing the types of film production, marketing and production, and the general approach of film studios to film-making. Also, in the New Hollywood, the director of a movie took a significant role in film production as opposed to the studio being the center stage. Additionally, the work of these young filmmakers was formally innovative, had an abundance of mythic resonance, thematic complexities, anti-establishment features, and morally
Over the years, Bollywood has emerged as its own distinct identity in the global Film industry. Bollywood is the global leader in production of movies with a staggering 27,000 featured films and thousands of short films. ( Pillania 1) However, Hollywood is still the leader in revenues generated. Due to the growth of the Indian market and globalization, Bollywood has made its way to the international markets. Globalization is often misrepresented as the growing influence of the western culture in the world and so we tend to state that Hollywood is influencing Bollywood to a great extent. An argument can be made to justify the validity of that statement. However, this paper aims at presenting the influence of Bollywood on Hollywood in terms of music, dance and visual representation. This papers deals with a specific part of globalization, providing evidence that it
What is "Bollywood"? Though rare, this question still exists. Well, at its simplest, Bollywood stands for the films made in the city of Bombay in India. The Indian film industry is the biggest and loudest industry on the planet. To begin with, over eight hundred films are produced every year for domestic and overseas audiences. Both, directly and indirectly, Bollywood has had its major impact on our society. Many often claim that Bollywood is a factor that molds the Indian society. There have been many changes Indian culture and society have experienced with the beginning of various lifestyle and mindset elements Bollywood has showcased throughout its films. Unknowingly, we start believing or at least imagining what we watch in the movies and that most definitely has a lot of impact on Indians and their lives.
Amidst all the hype and allure of Hollywood, many often forget the presence of yet another powerhouse in cinema-Bollywood. The exponential rise of Bollywood can be attributed to the vast number of films produced which far outnumber those of Hollywood. The viewership of Bollywood films has surpassed the 3 billion mark in contrast to Hollywood’s 1.3 billion viewers (Mcbain, 2012). In an ever-growing market, in order for Bollywood to surpass Hollywood’s hegemonic international appeal, Indian films must compete with their contemporary counterpart. Western influence and globalisation has paved the way for Indian cinema over the last decade and despite India emerging to be a political and economical power, there has been little or
...ality because everyone should have equal to do what they want. Popular culture spread the idea of nautaral which changed the position of female in the univeral. Women' knowlegdes and abilities seem to have rise a lot compare with 1990s. Woman would be a successful businessman, worker, fireman and so on. As mass media become the most important part of communication in the earth, the most infusive part to affect human's attitudes is the domestic or romantic drama. It spread the different concepts to the families, neighbors, friends etc by the interaction between them. Movie heroes are not spread one single-minded nowadays, the gender and sexuality of people or hero should all be equal.
This essay explains the journey of Bollywood (Indian Film Industry) and how it has changed itself and its audience’s perspective on Hindi Cinema. Applying the key features from Dennis McQuail’s “Normative Theory”, the relationship between Bollywood and the audience, controlled by the censorship board will be explained; and how both, the Bollywood industry and Censor Board are responsible for bringing changes to each other in the terms of rules, regulations, audience’s attitudes and their demands, in every period of time. According to McQuail (2010), a normative theory is adopted to clear the confusion prevailing in the information industry, that has become self-centred in modern days; and also to examine if the information created is to serve own self or the government. There have been endless debates by the contrasting individual ideas on how the media should be controlled from displaying unethical contents, and normative theory helps in guiding the individuals (theorists, writers, society and general public) to produce suggestions and ideas that media should follow, for the benefit of society and media (McQuail, 2010). The Indian Film Industry was established in 1913 but began to be known in 1920 (Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 2010). Bollywood, since then, was and is still controlled by the censor board, however the censor board went through a few transformations, from being independently owned by police heads of every region, to Bombay Board of Film Censors, and finally to the Central Board of Film Censors in 1952 (Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 2010). Cinema rules were reedited in 1983 and the censor board was re-named to the Central board of Film Certification (Indian Ministr...
When comparing Indian cinema with other cinema from around the world it is evident that narrative attributes are one of the key components that contribute to Indian film’s reputation as a ‘unique world cinema.’ Indian cinema separates itself from other world cinema styles through a number of aspects including its approach to aesthetic elements, such as camera angles and acting methods as well as its integration of song and dance. In order to further explore the proposed explanations for its unique narrative characteristics, I will examine the history behind aspects of Indian cinema and how they have developed. In addition to this, I will compare and contrast cinematic components of Western and Indian cinema including plot development, character/actor attributes, and song and dance origins. I will also look at the role historical and mythical tradition play within the context of cinematic theme and examine several theories that explore the underpinnings of narrative attributes that make Indian cinema unlike any other.
The movie was declared a hit and a blockbuster both in India and overseas fetching it almost all the awards of that year including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best
Bollywood- is the term used to define the Indian film industry. The word is derived from India’s popular mainstream city of Bombay. Bollywood, along with Hollywood, is one of the largest movie industries of the world. In fact, they are one of the top two movie industries. The industry began producing movies exponentially in the 1940’s and is continually growing to this day. Indian Cinema uses as its’ backdrop love stories, issues of the community, politics, and religion. The basic scheme of an Indian movie is the same as a musical. There is dialogue and a storyline as well as intervening song and dance. Music and dance are interwoven in Indian Culture and is used in times of celebration, holidays, and weddings. Song and dance are also prevalent
The study is about the cultural representation of the society in the local films and its impact on the society’s behavioral change i.e. Pakistani films or in Lollywood films, various researcher