Hollywood, Bollywood... Nollywood
Hollywood, Bollywood... Ah! Ha! Nollywood!
Life as a way of taking shape on its own if will fail to straighten its bends and correct its mistakes. In the movie world Hollywood is no stranger to the masses and the youngest of children. Over the years, Hollywood has grown to surpass the imagination of the world, creating wonders, taking the movie-lovers to space and light years back in time.
According to Wikipedia, Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Before going further readers or surfers of the site would register a smile and wonder tagging that definition down as a joke to share with some friends. The world as we know, has been constant in shape since its creation but Hollywood as taken so many hues, shapes and sizes that we no longer have a definite understanding of the city. The only constant feature of this unique state is that it is never constant.
Part of the positive influence of Hollywood is related to the establishment of Bollywood, a portmanteau of Bombay (the former name for Mumbai) and Hollywood, the centre of American Film Industry. The term Bollywood originated in the 1970s, when India overtook America as the world’s largest film producer. Indian movies were introduced to most Nigerians via the Northerners. We heard the music from far, saw the dances, and watched another way of life being introduced to our locale. Their funny lifestyles and manner of dressing soon took Nigerian women by storm.
Over time, these two great movie industries have succeeded in creating quality visual productions with the use of first class equipments and they are still breaking grounds as well as paving way for the underdogs.
A popular Nigerian proverb states that “The horse behind walks in the footstep of the one in front.” Unfortunately for our dear Nollywood we have chosen to represent and console ourselves with substandard movies tagged “Home Videos.”
Wikipedia defines Nollywood as a “nascent” film industry in Nigeria.
Life as a way of taking shape on its own if will fail to straighten its bends and correct its mistakes. In the movie world Hollywood is no stranger to the masses and the youngest of children. Over the years, Hollywood has grown to surpass the imagination of the world, creating wonders, taking the movie-lovers to space and light years back in time.
According to Wikipedia, Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Before going further readers or surfers of the site would register a smile and wonder tagging that definition down as a joke to share with some friends. The world as we know, has been constant in shape since its creation but Hollywood as taken so many hues, shapes and sizes that we no longer have a definite understanding of the city. The only constant feature of this unique state is that it is never constant.
Part of the positive influence of Hollywood is related to the establishment of Bollywood, a portmanteau of Bombay (the former name for Mumbai) and Hollywood, the centre of American Film Industry. The term Bollywood originated in the 1970s, when India overtook America as the world’s largest film producer. Indian movies were introduced to most Nigerians via the Northerners. We heard the music from far, saw the dances, and watched another way of life being introduced to our locale. Their funny lifestyles and manner of dressing soon took Nigerian women by storm.
Over time, these two great movie industries have succeeded in creating quality visual productions with the use of first class equipments and they are still breaking grounds as well as paving way for the underdogs.
A popular Nigerian proverb states that “The horse behind walks in the footstep of the one in front.” Unfortunately for our dear Nollywood we have chosen to represent and console ourselves with substandard movies tagged “Home Videos.”
Wikipedia defines Nollywood as a “nascent” film industry in Nigeria.