Following India’s independence‚ the period from the late 1940s to the 1960s is regarded by film historians as the "Golden Age" of Hindi cinema.[15][16][17] Some of the most critically acclaimed Hindi films of all time were produced during this period. Examples include the Guru Dutt films Pyaasa (1957) and Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) and the Raj Kapoor films Awaara (1951) and Shree 420 (1955). These films expressed social themes mainly dealing with working-class urban life in India; Awaara presented the
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industry is another major employer in Mumbai. Most of India’s major television and satellite networks‚ as well as its major publishing houses‚ are headquartered here. The centre of the Hindi movie industry‚ Bollywood‚ is located in Mumbai‚ and the name Bollywood is a portmanteau of Bombay and Hollywood‚ the center of the American film industry. Marathi television and Marathi film industry are also based in Mumbai. Along with the rest of India‚ Mumbai‚ its commercial capital‚ has witnessed an economic
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women centric Bollywood movies that were released between 1980’s to 1990’s and 2000 to 2010. The scope can be extended to many women centric movies made in various languages other than Hindi. One can also include the earliest of the eras for a detailed comparison and in-depth study. Not only a comparison on the issues like gender and caste but also a comparison on other issues like lifestyle‚ costumes‚ movie posters etc can be done. Limitations: This paper is limited only to Bollywood films because
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Bollywood Actors with no controversies A Bollywood actor with no controversies is like a lake without water or like a desert without sand‚ more popular they are more the number of controversies some genuine some hyped and some just take air from nowhere. From Shahrukh to Salman or from Katrina to Kareena all have had their share of controversies. Though most of the filmstars like to stay away from it‚ there are a few like Rakhi Sawant and Veena Malik who like to be in the epicenter of controversies
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The popularity of Bollywood produced films have steadily increased over the years in Southeast Asia with the economic reforms of the 1990s in India. For all I know‚ most people in the West are aware of the term with a shallow understanding to it with a few people who have actually studied the facts behind it. In the process of selecting my interviewees‚ the individuals who decided to proceed with the interview held very broad‚ generalist views on the first two questions. Many of them have never had
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Bollywood Movies: Why Many People Love Bollywood Movies What makes Bollywood movies surge high in the entertainment business? What makes Bollywood movies unique from other movies? Find out more about Bollywood movies below. “From the glitziest of entertainment to the sparest of intellectual abstraction‚ from lavish spectacle to minimalist poetry‚ issues of gender‚ of politics‚ of poverty and plenty‚ India’s cinema encompasses them all. - Vasudev‚ Aruna (ed.) (1995)‚ Introduction‚ Frames of Mind:
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daily grind of life. Cinema is a popular media of mass consumption which plays a key role in moulding opinions‚ constructing images and reinforcing dominant cultural values. The paper deals with representations of women characters in mainstream Bollywood movies. It is deemed appropriate to examine this issue because women are a major chunk of the country‟s population and hence their portrayal on screen is crucial in determining the furtherance of already existing stereotypes in the society. The paper
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Essay «A Hollywood smile: so many teeth and so little heart». What does this aphorism mean? Is it about a Hollywood smile? I dont think so. To my opiniom‚ it is a metaphor. «Hollywood smile» is a well-known expression which means an ideal‚ well worked-out smile of Hollywood actors and actresses‚ the incarnation of Beauty. But the author looked at this phrase in a wider way‚ I can suppose he meant under the smile the whole cinema world‚ existing in Hollywood. Is it a world of Beauty? Is this life
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Hollywood Avila and Hozic argue that Hollywood develops as a control of industry in specific geographical areas. Hozic doesn’t discuss films because she is not a reader of films but her work suggests that we think about films as produced fantasies in specific spaces. The most obvious connection between film and one of those produced spaces is Disneyland. Avila’s work doesn’t talk about what’s in Disneyland but I believe it consists of controlled space in which the Disney fantasy has been created
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disputing that finally Bollywood has arrived and its stars are shining bright. It doesn’t matter which part of the globe you live in anymore. Bollywood movies and their stars are gaining grounds everywhere. All over the world America‚ Europe‚ Australia‚ the Persian Gulf and other parts of Asia as well Bollywood movies are being watched and Bollywood stars are creating the kind of madness associated with only Hollywood stars before. Proof of the worldwide popularity of Bollywood stars is the fact that
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