Bollywood
Bollywood is another name for the popular film industry base located in Mumbai, India. Although some purists are dissatisfied with the name, it seems that "Bollywood" will continue to be used, and even has its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Bollywood is also called "Hindi Cinema". In fact, Urdu poetry is also quite common here, and English dialogues and songs account for a large proportion of the film. The ingredients are also increasing year by year. The dialogue in many films contains English word phrases, or even entire sentences. Some films are also produced in two or three languages ??(with subtitles in different languages, or different audio tracks).
Bollywood and several other major film and television bases in India (Tamil-Kollywood, Telugu, Bengali-Tollywoord, Kannada and Maratha Aramaic (Malayalam, etc.) constitutes India's huge film industry, ranking first in the world in the number of movies produced and the number of movie tickets sold every year. Bollywood has had an important influence on popular culture in India and throughout the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and parts of Africa and Southeast Asia, and has spread throughout the world through immigrant exports from South Asia.
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Bollywood movies are usually musicals. Almost every film has at least one singing and dancing scene. Indian audiences expect value for their money, and performers in films are often referred to as "paisa vasool," which means "value for money." Singing and dancing, a love triangle, comedy plus Daredevil's thrills - all mixed together in a three-hour, extravagant show that includes an intermission. These films are called "masala" films, named after the Hindi word "masala" for a blend of spices. Like masala spice, these movies are really a mixture of everything.
The plot of the film is mostly a popular farce, which contains many formulaic elements, such as ill-fated lovers, angry parents, corrupt officials, kidnappers, villains with conspiracy, and kindhearted people who have fallen into the dust. Women, long-lost relatives and siblings separated by fate, dramatic twists of fate, and convenient coincidences.
Of course, there are some films with more artistic pursuits and more complex plots (such as films by Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Guru Dutt, Shyam Benegal, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar), but these films tend to It lost at the box office to films with more popular tastes. However, Bollywood is changing. Current movies are gradually developing in a direction that breaks or satirizes stereotypes. A significant portion of the audience is young, educated urbanites who want to see different Indian films.
It should be pointed out that many of the films that cater to popular tastes are valuable, either as well-crafted entertainment films, or as artistic achievements in their own way. Any fan of Bollywood movies will be able to list a list of films that are more than the average masala movie.
Bollywood song and dance
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Film music is called ''filmi'' here. (from Hindi meaning "cinematic").
Many actors, especially today's actors, are good dancers, but few actors are also singers. Therefore, the songs in the film are usually recorded individually by professional singers based on the actors' lip shapes.
Recording singers will appear prominently in the opening credits and have their own supporters. These fans will watch a film that doesn't do anything great just to hear their favorite singer sing. Composers of film music, known as music directors, are also household names, and their songs can often determine the success or failure of a film.
The dances in Bollywood films, especially the early ones, are largely based on Indian dances: classical-style dances, the dances of the historical northern Indian tawaifs, or folk dances. In contemporary films, elements of Indian dance are beginning to be merged with Western dance styles (such as those on MTV and Broadway musicals), but it is not uncommon for pure Western pop and Indian classical dance to appear in the same film one after another. Usually the male and female protagonists perform together with backup dancers of the same gender. The pas de deux of the male and female protagonists are all performed in beautiful natural scenery or majestic buildings. This scene is called "pictorialization".
Switzerland was a popular location for such scenes - mainly because the Alpine valleys were reminiscent of Kashmir. Although considered by many to be India's most beautiful region, Kashmir has been off-limits due to violence for quite some time.
The lyrics of the song connect to the plot of the movie in different ways. Sometimes, songs are added to the plot so that the actors have a reason to sing; other times, the songs are an externalization of the actor's thoughts or a foreshadowing of an upcoming event—often two events. A character falls in love.
Dialogue and lyrics
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Movie dialogue and song lyrics are often written by different people. The dialogues are usually in Hindi and the verses are in Urdu. Today's mainstream films include a lot of English elements. These often emotional and dramatic dialogues feature numerous references to God, family, motherhood, and self-sacrifice.
In the 1975 movie Deewar, the conversation between gangster Vijay and his biological brother policeman Ravi:
::Vijay: Our lives all start from the same place - - Look again at my present and your present. I have a car, a house, money - what do you have?
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::Ravi: I have a mother.
Songwriters always favor certain songwriters, so much so that songwriters and songwriters are treated as a group. The lyrics are generally about love. Bollywood lyrics, especially in older movies, frequently use a variety of Arabic and Persian loanwords that are rich and elegant in Urdu or Hindustani. Here is an example from the 1983 movie "Hero", written by the great lyricist Anand Bakshi.
::''Bichhdey abhi to hum, bas kal parso,''
::''jiyoongi main kaisey, is haal mein barson?''
::''Maut na aayi, teri yaad kyon aayi,''
::''Haaye, lambi judaayi!''
::We have just been apart for a day or two ,
::How am I going to live like this for a few more years?
::Death has not come; but why has the memory of you come?
::Oh, this long separation!
Actor
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< p>Bollywood attracts people from all over India to work, including thousands of actors hoping to make a name for themselves in the film industry. Models and beauty pageant contestants, television actors, theater actors and even ordinary people come to Mumbai with the dream of becoming a star. But as in Hollywood, only a handful end up succeeding.Celebrities’ fame waxes and wanes in the entertainment world, and Bollywood is no exception. A single movie can instantly make a star's popularity rise or fall. Only a few people, like Amitabh Bachchan, become national icons whose fame is no longer hampered by the success or failure of a few films. Directors go to great lengths to secure popular stars, as stars are considered a guarantee of a film's success (although this confidence may not necessarily translate into box-office results). Therefore, once movie stars become popular, they will take on several movies at the same time to consolidate their fame and status. Aamir Khan is one of the few famous movie stars who insists on doing one movie at a time.
Bollywood can be exclusive, and those with connections to film industry insiders are more likely than others to grab coveted opportunities. Industry connections, however, are no guarantee of long-term success: competition is cutthroat, and if juniors don't achieve box-office success, their careers will falter.
Famous film families:
The Kapoor family (Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Rajiv Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor)< /p>
Deols family (Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Esha Deol, Abhey Deol)
Khannas family (Twinkle Khanna, Rinke Khanna, Rajesh Khanna, Dimple Kapadia)
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Dutts family (Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Sunjay Dutt)
Hussains family (Tahir Hussain, Amir Khan, Faisal Khan)
Khans family (Salim Khan, Helen, Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan)
Samarth-Mukherjee line (Shobhana Samarth, Nutan, Tanuja, Mohnesh Behl, Tanisha, Kajol, Debrasee Roy, Ram Mukherjee, Rani Mukherji)
Bachchans family (Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan)
Funding
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Compared with Hollywood, Bollywood films have relatively smaller budgets. The sets, costumes, special effects and camerawork were not world class until the mid to late 1990s. But as Western films and television become more popular in India, pressure is increasing on Bollywood to improve production standards. The box-office success of films shot overseas led Mumbai-based filmmakers to travel the world, shooting in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and continental Europe. Now, Indian filmmakers are attracting more and more funding to shoot high-budget films locally, such as Once Upon a Time in India ("Lagaan"), Bollywood ("Devdas") and Now in the Making ''The Rising''.
Bollywood films are often financed by independent distributors or a handful of large, established film companies. Banks in India have been banned from lending money to film productions, but the ban was recently lifted. Due to inadequate financial management, some funds for film production were even raised from illegal channels. Mumbai's gangsters have produced movies, financed stars and used force to win contracts. In January 2000, gangsters in Mumbai shot Rakesh Roshan because he refused gang involvement in the distribution of his film. (Roshan is a film director and the father of star Hrithik Roshan.) In 2001, India's police agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation, discovered that the film "Chori Chori Chupke Chupke" was financed by members of the Mumbai underworld. members and confiscated all the film footage.
Another problem facing Bollywood is widespread piracy of its films. Pirated DVDs are often released before the movie is released in theaters. Factories in Pakistan and India produce thousands of pirated DVDs, VCDs and VHS tapes and sell them around the world. (Illegal copying is particularly prevalent in Pakistan, where Indian films are available only through piracy because the government bans their import.) In India and throughout Asia, countless small cable companies air these films without any compensation. . In the United States and Britain, videotapes and DVDs of unknown origin are sold in grocery-spice-video stores owned by Indians, and consumers copy each other, exacerbating the problem.
Television, satellite TV and imported movies continue to invade the Indian entertainment market. In the past, most Bollywood movies turned out to be profitable, but now relatively few of them make money. Balancing this is that as Bollywood has gained more and more attention, films have also begun to earn box office revenue from theaters in Western countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. Indian immigrants from these countries are increasing day by day, and the market for Indian films is also growing.
At the same time, "foreign" audiences for Indian films in Asia and the West are also growing, albeit at a slower pace.
Here is an interesting income comparison table between Hollywood and Bollywood: //magazine/content/02_48/art02_48/a48tab37.gif
Concerns
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Plagiarism charges
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Limited by short production cycles and small budgets, some Bollywood writers have Plots and even scenes were borrowed directly from successful Western films, and some composers also copied musical melodies from Western films and even other Indian films. Most plagiarism from Western films goes unpunished because Westerners are largely ignorant of them; moreover, many Indian viewers themselves are unfamiliar with Western films and tunes. How much plagiarism exists in Bollywood films is a widely debated question. Some say it happens sporadically, some say it happens quite frequently.
/ is a website specially designed for plagiarism issues in Bollywood. It lists hundreds of films that have been accused by Bollywood fans of plagiarizing Hollywood movies. http://www.iespana.es/i2fs/ contains accusations and discussions of plagiarism in film music.
Sex Scandal
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In 2005, a scandal broke out on Indian television's "India's Most Wanted" program, in which several Bollywood filmmakers (including Shakti Kapoor and Aman Verma) were accused of soliciting sex from young actresses. The show claims actresses were told they would only get camera opportunities if they "cooperated". This kind of business is of course not limited to Bollywood celebrities; there are rumors of inducements and coercion of actresses into submission in the film industry around the world. Several of the people accused by the show have fiercely denied the charges, and the vast majority of Bollywood studios have backed them.
Bollywood Awards
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The Indian screen magazine Filmfare held the first Filmfare Award in 1953. The award later became the Oscars of Bollywood. Readers of the magazine vote, and the final awards are given in a star-studded ceremony. The awards, like the Oscars, are often accused of being more concerned with a film's commercial success than its content.
Other companies (Stardust magazine, Zee TV, etc.) later joined the awards industry. Some of the popular awards include:
Zee Cine Award
Star Screen Award
Stardust Award
These awards are carefully Set up awards ceremony, cabaret performances, attended by stars and budding stars.
The IIFA Award has recently been added to the list of awards. Its award ceremonies are held outside India to attract Indian and foreign audiences abroad. Recent ceremonies have been held in Amsterdam, Singapore, the United Kingdom and South Africa.
Since 1973, the Indian government has funded the National Film Awards, which are awarded by the state-funded Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF). DFF targets not only Bollywood films, but also films from other regions and independent films/artistic films. The award ceremony is hosted by the President of India and everyone is eager to win the award.