affected each film. Sholay, a 1975 Bollywood masala film directed by Ramesh Sippy, plays a huge role as the national allegory of India during a turbulent time when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency. During this time Indira Gandhi suspended constitutional rights and jailed thousands of political opponents. This time period was marked with uncertainty; thus, reflected in the national Cinema of the time. Sippy used his film as a means to start a dialogue and social commentary
Bollywood's Popular Culture in the South Asian Diaspora The centre of the Indian movie industry is in the Indian city known as Bombay, which has since been renamed Mumbai. Owing to the industrial resemblance with the American movie city Hollywood, the Indian movie industry came to be known 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,
“campus and buddy feel”(Tanja). To do this Hirani utilized bottles and bowls as instruments in the film(Taneja). Hinari seems to have succeeded in his attempts one reviewer commented that the fi... ... middle of paper ... ...ollywood Films Sippy, Ramesh, dir. Sholay. Writ. Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan. 1975. Eros International. DVD. Johar, Karan, dir. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Writ. Karan Johar. 1998. Dharma Productions. DVD. Hirani, Rajkumar, dir. 3 Idiots. Writ. Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijit Joshi, and