Bollywood
Agenda
- Stereotypes
- Anatomy of a Bollywood movie
- Criticism
- Bollywood in other countries
Bombay
(now Mumbai)
Hollywood
Bollywood
Stereotypes
- lurid lighting, garish costumes
- low budget, cardboard sets
- impossible plotlines
- low quality acting and dialogues
- stereotypical characters
Stereotypes
Anatomy of a Bollywood Movie
2.5 - 4 Hours
with intermission
Music & Dance
often released beforehand
The 9 Rasas
Love, Heroism, Disgust, Anger, Peace, Comedy, Horror, Miracle, Emotion
Typical Topics
- angry parents
- love triangles
- corrupt politicians
- kidnapping
- lost relatives
- fortune
Love
- central topic of story
- often between people of different social status
CEnsorship
- No sexual scenes
- No kissing
Criticism
- pure kitsch of clichéd romance
- repeating plots / remakes
- contain elements of racism
- contains only people of middle and upper class
Criticism
in other Countries
Popularity
- very popular among Indian people living abroad
- gained popularity in western culture in the late 20th century
Asia
- widely watched in Bagladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
EuropE
- very popular in the UK
- Films set in London
- Popular in former Soviet Unian
North America
- Films set in New York, LA, Vancouver
- More popular than films from all the other non-English-speaking countries
South America
- Unpopular
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi-Film
- http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/punjabis-bengalis-delhi-girls-when-bollywood-loses-the-plot-to-stereotypes-668217
- http://www.life-enter.de/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bollywood-xlarga-party.jpg
- http://m.wozdaz.com//files/wozdaz/film/tt0248126_2.jpg
- http://www.rd-presse.ch/pressemitteilungen-de-ch/magazin-readers-digest/die-groesste-und-produktivste-filmindustrie-der-welt-traumfabrik-bollywood
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