cultural distinction between the cinema of two different countries. The major area of study is the Indian and Western cinema. Bollywood is known as the biggest film industry in India as well as Internationally in terms of movies produced (Pillania, 2008). While Hollywood has a huge influence in the western world. There are many movies that are inspired by Hollywood and made in Bollywood. I will narrow my study and fixate on Bollywood (Indian cinema) and Hollywood (Western cinema). These are few movies of
to The Good Road (2013), the cinema of India, an extremely important part of our cultural identity celebrating its centenary this year. Has been working as an ambassador of India to a global audience since the day of its inception. In India, it is often seen that films made in Hindi targeted at a larger audience, commonly known as mainstream movies or Bollywood films, employ a different grammar of filmmaking than that is used in so-called sensible or parallel cinema while representing or portraying
India as a nation has evolved tremendously over the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Due to the effects of colonization, economic liberalization and globalization, India has been influenced by western principles of politics, society and commercialism. One of the major ways in which western influence has affected India is through its films. While Indian cinema encompasses a wide variety of film genres, this paper will be primarily focusing on Bollywood which may at times be referred
BOLLYWOOD CINEMA Submitted by: Leora d’cunha BA (J&MC) 5TH Sem INTRODUCTION Caste is one such factor in India where many controversies have been revolving around it. The notion that cinema is being developed in order to entertain people is been very critical. Films are more of political and ideological objectives. Hence, films are more biased and secure a negative position amongst the Dalits perspective during the past one century of the film world. Caste as a typical reality of India is a fact
Name – PriyankaDharwani Roll No. 1558. Final Draft - Sexism in the Indian Cinema Indian cinema has contributed a lot to the media and the entertainment industry over the years now and moulded the image of cinema in India in the eyes of the world. In the Generation we live in today, India has arrived at a stage where woman and men are treated equally; well almost equally. But there are still people, still industries and certain areas that do look down upon woman till date. And have we ever wondered
The pleasure of watching a great cinema or conversely the disappointment and frustration of watching a poor film, is familiar to most of us. Cinema is one of the most popular and vibrant cultural practices reflecting a plethora of social, economic and cultural phenomena in modern societies. Cinema sometimes is the cultural reconstruction of our daily lives, sometimes an entree to a different time or place or idea that otherwise is difficult or even impossible to access. They remix the real, the unreal
Mahatma Gandhi and Indian Cinema Mahatma Gandhi was a multi-faceted man, one whose writings spanned every subject under the sun, including: agriculture, education, science, sanitation, economics, literature, industry, women, children, health, family planning, religion, and, of course, politics. Many were surprised to learn of his prolific writing, and were astounded to hear that he had probably written more than anyone else in history (his collected works run to over 100 volumes, several hundred
as Bollywood. Bollywood is now an industry of massive proportions, and far from simply producing cinema; it is also closely interwoven with industries concerned with music, clothes, magazines, DVDs, jewellery and cosmetics. Bollywood has become popular culture, which is distributed worldwide and sells at a phenomenal pace. The Bollywood film, far from its popularity being isolated to India, has also found popularity amongst ‘Indians’ in Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka etc), countries
Evolution of Indian Cinema The Indian cinema is one of the most prominent and well known cinemas in the world. Indian film industry also known as BOLLYWOOD has grown drastically in the last 100 years since its inception. The Indian cinema came into existence in 1913 but motion picture was first introduced in India way before that in July 1896 when Lumierre films which were made in Britain were screened in India in Bombay. This was the first time Indian audience was exposed to motion picture and
woman is a police officer, who beats goons and does all the badass super hero stuff that an average male lead does, Just look at the irony, The individuality of a woman is only appreciated if she acts like a typical man. Sigh. Yes, most of the world cinema suffers from the issues of sexism at a great level, but they have some rather great exceptions. And better ones too. In the movies where the girls are not desperate, the hero chases, irritates, stalks, and irritates the woman to woo and win her heart
Bollywood cinema encompasses a variety of genres. It’s superior ability to create a connection between all strata’s of viewers gives us a reason to explore the hidden representations in Bollywood cinema. Not long after India regained its independence, a new era of Indian Cinema began. This era put forth heart wrenching movies, filled with patriotic messages and a very clean concept of national progress. The main concept of the nation-state was integrated in almost every Hindi cinema that was created
As cultural identity being questioned in global screen due to the influences of transnational cinema and Diasporas in different places, this clip question further the possibilities in future transnational cinema. Through the emergence of cinema styles, all films are to be considered transnational. This essay will argue that transnational cinema could be emerging to a new level in the film industry. The clip provided with the essay explores the potential of transnational films with the context of
songs play an integral part of Bollywood movies. It has been over 100 years that Bollywood has contributed to the Indian cinema industry. The impact of Bollywood is not only in India, but also spans Pakistan, Japan, Nepal, Australia, US, Africa, Canada and much more (Acharya, Sharmista 2004). The reason for such a world-wide growth is the passion in the audiences for the Hindi cinema. They are various genres of movies that includes, comedy, action, romantic, drama, horror and they have a high entertainment
Diaspora Chapter -1 …Introduction Introduction of Indian Cinema Bollywood movies are entertaining the global now.it is the one of largest film industry in the world, the term Bollywood coined in a journalistic column in India and contested and commended in almost equal measure. The word is a derivative, imitative and low quality version of the world richest film factory –Hollywood but in terms of the production of feature films and viewership, India leads the world: every year on average 1,000 films are
of films compels me to look deeper into the question of how the diasporic filmmakers themselves imagine and portray the Indian society in the movies they make known by the term crossover cinema. 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
is one of the largest industries in India and the films that are produced there, are widely viewed in all parts of the world (Sidhu). However, even though the Bollywood industry has become more popular and branched out to appeal to audiences outside of India, it (has brought with it some problems as well.) is also problematic. It is problematic because there is a vast divide in the a lack of representation of queer women and female sexuality in Bollywood cinema. (,) In comparison to the representation
In order to understand the conflict between cinema and morality, it is important to understand the journey of women in movies over the years. After all, in most cases, morality is said to be violated because of ‘indecent’ and ‘immoral’ depiction of women. Indian Cinema is the most ‘larger than life’ aspect of our relatively small world. It is that reflection which never fails to depict society in its truest and even its fakest form. 100 years ago, when our cinematic journey began, so
Introduction 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
1. Introduction 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
structure. Over the course of the film a servant boy becomes a famous patent holder, a member of the upper class falls in love with a former servant, and many other characters rise from the lower class to become successful members of middle class India. While not traditional these movements within the levels of society are tied to India’s current social context and the film’s target audience the campus crowd. This focus on the campus crowd influences the style and function of music within 3 Idiots