| How Indian films became Bollywood? | | Posted Sunday, January 29, 2006 1:45:29 PM by Alex Molin | Indian movies are part of the Indian film industry which considered being the largest film industry in the world. It produces the highest number of films each year which has its effect on ticket selling as well.
The Indian film consists of different genres of film for example: Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, and Kannada.
One of those genres is the Mumbai-based Hindi-language film which is better known as Bollywood which combines the word Bombay (called now Mumbai) and Hollywood - I think the reason is quite clear…
What makes the Bollywood films special is the fact that most of them are actually a form of musicals - containing at least one song and dance number. Because they are so catchy, the Indian movie clips can be downloaded for free from many internet sites.
This genre came to life mostly because the Indian audiences love songs and dances, and the more the better. They also like to get full reward for their money that's why those movies are usually 3 hours long.
The Bollywood films are surrounded with sub industry of Indian movie stars, American Indian movies and Indian movie reviews.
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| | | New on video | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 11:10:10 AM by Blog57 Team | | Tom Cruise is back as superagent Ethan Hunt, who returns to the field to track down the evil Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and obtain the Rabbit's Foot. The movie never explains what the Rabbit's Foot is, but somehow we doubt it is Davian's lucky charm. The damsels in distress include Keri Russell, Maggie Q and Michelle Monaghan (with Cruise, above), who plays Hunt's fiancee and thinks he works in highway traffic control. The locations include Berlin, Vatican City and Shanghai. And the plot is secondary to nonstop high-tech action sequences, which are well-executed, but you know what? If there's nothing but action, there gets to be a boring sameness to it. Rated PG-13. (Roger Ebert) DVD special features: director and actor commentary; eight featurettes; photo gallery. .... | |
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| | | South Africa: Afrikaner Takes Up Cudgels for Indian Culture | | Posted Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:06:14 AM by Blog57 Team | | AN AFRIKANER academic who grew up in conservative Pretoria has dedicated herself to preserving South Africa's rich Indian culture and heritage. Nella de Waal, an arts and culture lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, will tomorrow open "Satyagraha" -- an exhibition of Indian and South African artworks that pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and his passive resistance campaign -- at Gateway's Kizo Gallery. .... | |
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| | | Bollywood movies in TT | | Posted Sunday, September 10, 2006 9:11:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | Vaswanis Insight Productions will shoot this big budget film in Trinidad and Tobago. The first Indian film to be shot on the Carribean island may see some known cricket players, including Brian Lara. But Vaswani has brushed aside reports that he was keen to cast Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in a small role as rumour. Vaswani who is all charged about the project said, The film has become the hottest title in the industry and we have been inundated with calls from producers asking us to part with the title. The film marks the directorial debut of Mudassar Aziz, writer of Tanuja Chandras Zindaggi Rocks and Mahesh Bhatts Showbiz. Mudassar is keen to work with Sushmita after Zindaggi Rocks. We are planning to meet Sushmita, said Vaswani, who is just back from Trinidad after filming probable locations.... | |
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| | | Jackie Chan to reveal all to Simi Garewal on Sept 3 | | Posted Monday, September 04, 2006 11:16:05 AM by Blog57 Team | | New Delhi, Sept 2(ANI): Martial-arts star Jackie Chan's Indian fans are in for a treat as he will be appearing on the popular show 'Rendezvous with Simi Garewal', which will be telecast on September 3 on Star World at 2130 hrs. The talk show host Simi Garewal travelled to Hong Kong to interview the international martial-arts superstar.Jackie was wonderful. He didn't hide anything, didn't evade any question. He wasn't 'image-conscious'- in fact he spoke about aspects even more than I could have asked for. He revealed things that aren't even there in his biography! Graciously, he was the one who knelt and thanked me!," Simi Garewal said in a statement. During the hour long special episode, Jackie speaks about his childhood, the fact that he was born in poverty and that his immigrant parents almost sold him at birth to a British doctor as they couldn't afford the hospital bill.... | |
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| | | Bollywood becomes increasingly popular in US | | Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 5:04:40 AM by Blog57 Team | | Washington, Aug 10 (UNI) Popular movies from India, also known as "Bollywood," is becoming increasingly popular in the United States as the latest South Asian blockbusters bring in millions at the box office and new fans, especially the second generation Indian Americans, eagerly await the next release. Yash Raj Films, one of India's largest film producers and distributors, has reportedly said in September 2005 that Bollywood films in the US earn around 100 million dollars a year through theatre screenings, video sales and the sale of movie soundtracks. Even though this is a small number compared to the mainstream US film industry, these figures contribute significantly to the bottom line of Indian filmmakers. Films from India do more business in the United States than films from any other country, according to the Internet Movie Database, an organisation that tracks box office sales in several countries.... | |
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| | | Indecent portrayal of trans-gender in films 'heartless' | | Posted Sunday, August 13, 2006 7:03:47 AM by Blog57 Team | | Chennai, Aug 9 : Terming as "heartless" the indecent portrayal of trans-gender individuals in Indian movies, film director Balu Mahendra today appealed to the filmmaking community to treat them with dignity.Flagging off a rally organised here by Lesbians, Gays, Transgenders and Bisexuals (LGTB), he said it was a matter of regret that these "sexual minorities" had to struggle for an identity in society."We should treat the third sex (sexual minorities) as human beings and give them what every normal human being is due," he said.Aasha Bharathi, president of the Tamil Nadu Aravanigal (trans-gender individuals) Sangam demanded a provision for representation of LGBTs in Parliament and legislative assemblies. "The state government should also explore means to start a sexual minorities welfare board," she said.Providing free education till graduation for LGBTs and free sex re-assessment surgery were some other demands of the organisation.It also sought repeal or amendment of Section 377 of IPC that criminalises sexual interaction between people of the same gender.Groups like the National Campaign of Sexuality Rights, Tamil Nadu Aravanigal Sangam, Snegitham, Sudar Foundation and Sangama participated in the rally.... | |
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| | | Star Movies takes you on a wine-tasting road trip this Friday ... | | Posted Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:06:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | Mumbai, July 26, 2006: In search of wine? in search of women? in search of themselves. Watch this comically mismatched pair, uncork life, as they head off on a wine-tasting road trip in Alexander Payne's emotional and heartfelt comedy, SIDEWAYS. An Academy Award winner, the film grossed US$71,444,367 at the worldwide box office. Tune in to the exclusive premiere this Friday night, July 28th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies. The misadventures begin when Miles (Paul Giamatti), an un-recovered divorcé and would-be novelist with a wine fixation, decides to gift his old college buddy and washed-up actor Jack (Thomas Haden Church) with a celebratory trip to the vineyards of Santa Barbara wine country the week before Jack's wedding. The two couldn't be an odder couple. Jack is an over-sexed charmer; Miles is a sad-sack worrier.... | |
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| | | Shyamalan reveals the secrets behind his scary movies | | Posted Saturday, July 22, 2006 7:06:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | Washington: Director M. Night Shyamalan loves making scary movies that dont show a lot of violence, for he feels that the experience stays with the audience longer than if they see a lot of blood and gore. Shyamalan, who is getting set to make theatre audiences hair stand with his newest flick The Lady in the Water, said that people tend to find movies without a lot of violence a lot more frightening that those with because such movies make them participate in the flick rather than just stay an onlooker. "I just find it stays with you more if the audience is interacting more... The less you show, the more they have to participate and then they take that home with them," TMZ.com quoted him, as telling AOL Moviefone. .... | |
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| | | Bollywood film fest in Brisbane | | Posted Wednesday, July 05, 2006 5:04:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | Melbourne, July 2 (UNI): By organising the annual Bollywood Masala Indian Film Festival for the second successive year in Brisbane, the capital of the Queensland state is showing symptoms of becoming the latest Australian city to catch Bollywood fever. The Brisbane event is screening four of Festival patron Yash Chopra's movies. "Indian films have come a long way with their technical advances, while retaining the core of Indian values and emotions which are the basic diet for viewers of Indian films," Indian film patriarch told the Courier Mail newspaper. "What is gratifying is that while some of these films are different and made for mature audiences, they are all ingrained with human values and emotions. This is what makes the world go around," Yash Chopra added. The Bollywood film festival in Brisbane is now considered an integral and important part of the local cinema calendar as it is being organised for the second year in running.... | |
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| | | Movies featuring Pakistani and Indian stars to be shown in Pakistan: official | | Posted Saturday, July 01, 2006 7:01:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | Foreign-picturized movies comprising Pakistani and Indian stars would be exhibited in Pakistan and in this connection Pakistan Censor Code has been amended, said a Pakistani official on Sunday. Federal Minister for Culture G.G Jamal said the purpose of the move was to encourage Pakistani film stars and other people associated with the industry so that the movies of international level could be created, Pakistan news agency NNI reported. However, he made it clear that the exhibition of such movies picturized in India would not be allowed. The minister said a festival of Pakistani movies would be held in India in the last week of July or in the first week of August, adding that six movies had been selected for the festival. The official said the National Film Academy would also be established for imparting training to the film-related people, saying that the services of private sector were being hired.... | |
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