Does bollywood help in increasing india's popularity?

[ThaniOruvan]

the vulgar themed movies are clearly known and marked as such... but i have seen south indian family entertainer with vulgar 2 meaning dialogues for comedic purpose(something bollywood stopped since govinda/kader khan)....
How do you explain popularity of Rajanikanth, Vijyakanth in south, most of their recent movies are overhyped crap. There is nothing wrong in hiring sunny leone, there is a difference between vulgarity and showing skin. Very few accuse hollywood of vulgarity, even though many movies show ample skin.
Item songs are a bad trend, I agree but that cant possibly compare with the crap south indian movies produce. When people say south indian movies are better than bollywood, they talk about a few good movies that they watched. Either that or blown away by hype of money or craze(apparently more money means better movie)..

I still give full kudos to south directors for choosing original/different story line.. but they screw it with south indian style film making.

Every industry produces crap movies. South is not an exception. Of course south comprises Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam industries. So each industry produces its own share of crap movies. But look at bollywood, how many movies were released and how many were critically acclaimed ? I am sure south movies are better in that ratio. Of course bollywood movies easily make money owing to high ticket prices, a huge market and the relentless readiness of indian fans to watch any movie on its first day. I bet Salman khan's movies will be a big flop if not for huge ticket rates and mindless fan following.

Vijayakanth ? Do you even know when his last movie was a hit ? 2005. Rajinikanth's recent movies were flops and his recent movie kabali received mixed reactions but successful commercially.

Justifying skin show ? Then you are a supporter of film fraternity earning money by invoking movie watchers' emotions and feelings. I leave that to yourselves. In USA you can see women roaming around in bikini and more revealing dresses everyday, or even every hour. Portraying that in their movies is quite common. Is that the case in India ?

Bollywood doesn't use double meaning dialogues ? Did you forget grand masti, 3 idiots, dirty picture, mastizaade and many many more ?

Overall Bollywood doesn't deserve to represent India while other industries produce much more meaningful films. India's highest ever grossing movie is Bahubali, a Telugu film.

 

[livingdead]

Every industry produces crap movies. South is not an exception. Of course south comprises Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam industries. So each industry produces its own share of crap movies. But look at bollywood, how many movies were released and how many were critically acclaimed ? I am sure south movies are better in that ratio. Of course bollywood movies easily make money owing to high ticket prices, a huge market and the relentless readiness of indian fans to watch any movie on its first day. I bet Salman khan's movies will be a big flop if not for huge ticket rates and mindless fan following.

Vijayakanth ? Do you even know when his last movie was a hit ? 2005. Rajinikanth's recent movies were flops and his recent movie kabali received mixed reactions but successful commercially.

Justifying skin show ? Then you are a supporter of film fraternity earning money by invoking movie watchers' emotions and feelings. I leave that to yourselves. In USA you can see women roaming around in bikini and more revealing dresses everyday, or even every hour. Portraying that in their movies is quite common. Is that the case in India ?

Bollywood doesn't use double meaning dialogues ? Did you forget grand masti, 3 idiots, dirty picture, mastizaade and many many more ?

Overall Bollywood doesn't deserve to represent India while other industries produce much more meaningful films. India's highest ever grossing movie is Bahubali, a Telugu film.

who cares about highest grossing movie, that was exactly my point.. overhyped crap most south indian movies are... may be a few gems here and there.

 

[ThaniOruvan]

who cares about highest grossing movie, that was exactly my point.. overhyped crap most south indian movies are... may be a few gems here and there.

Bollywood doesn't have those gems. Malayalam film industry alone produces more gems than bollywood.

 

[livingdead]

Bollywood doesn't have those gems. Malayalam film industry alone produces more gems than bollywood.

i doubt very much, because the south indian viewers are not really that advanced(or worse) or choosy about movies... they will watch anything thats available in the weekend in the cinema near to them.
can you give us a few sample you consider gem, released this or last year? commercial movie only.

 

[ThaniOruvan]

i doubt very much, because the south indian viewers are not really that advanced(or worse) or choosy about movies... they will watch anything thats available in the weekend in the cinema near to them.
can you give us a few sample you consider gem, released this or last year? commercial movie only.

First you give an example from bollywood which was a gem as you are defending bollywood way too much than it really deserves. South film fans watch any crap? Just explore how many south films flop per month.

 

[livingdead]

First you give an example from bollywood which was a gem as you are defending bollywood way too much than it really deserves. South film fans watch any crap? Just explore how many south films flop per month.

you are the one who said south indian movies are better... not me... you got flops because there are too many movies(especially telugu and tamil) compared to population.. my impression is every weekend husband wife(with flower on her hair) go to nearest cinema every weekend(more or less) otherwise you get domestic issues...

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Bollywood especially news guys dont excite me anymore. Anyone with a powerful connection is made a hero. Acting is not a measure for movies anymore. Plastic face, 6 packs, fair, handsome and dance and you are a hero.
The heroes of yesteryears didnt have any of these, and they were better actors than anybody here.

Jackie Shroff Suraj Pancholi, Shahid Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor . Such poor actors.

The only new recent actor exciting me is Ranveer Singh. And I have seen northies abuse Dhanush cos of his poor looks. I mean they should see his real performance on screen.

 

[livingdead]

Bollywood especially news guys dont excite me anymore. Anyone with a powerful connection is made a hero. Acting is not a measure for movies anymore. Plastic face, 6 packs, fair, handsome and dance and you are a hero.
The heroes of yesteryears didnt have any of these, and they were better actors than anybody here.

Jackie Shroff Suraj Pancholi, Shahid Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor . Such poor actors.

The only new recent actor exciting me is Ranveer Singh. And I have seen northies abuse Dhanush cos of his poor looks. I mean they should see his real performance on screen.

movie is a director's medium to tell the story... a good director can make bad actor to act brilliantly...

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Pakistan is probably going to be defeated by India but with 99% certainty it is not the Indian Army that is going to prevail.

Bollywood will be the cause of Pakistani defeat. Such is the power of Bollywood. It is one thing that nobody, Pakistan military, Pakistani state or even the Mullahs can face off.

Why do you say that ?

What I have realised is that it's not the movies that are popular amongst foreigners (outside South Asia) but the songs and dances. They are quite enamored by our music and dance sequences. They don't care much about our movies and the content.

Bollywood especially news guys dont excite me anymore. Anyone with a powerful connection is made a hero. Acting is not a measure for movies anymore. Plastic face, 6 packs, fair, handsome and dance and you are a hero.
The heroes of yesteryears didnt have any of these, and they were better actors than anybody here.

Jackie Shroff Suraj Pancholi, Shahid Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor . Such poor actors.

The only new recent actor exciting me is Ranveer Singh. And I have seen northies abuse Dhanush cos of his poor looks. I mean they should see his real performance on screen.

Shahid Kapoor is a poor actor ???

Anyway it's subjective.

 

[nautilaceae]

Bollywood doesn't have a market in Malaysia and most of SEA. Tamil films dominate.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Why do you say that ?

What I have realised is that it's not the movies that are popular amongst foreigners (outside South Asia) but the songs and dances. They are quite enamored by our music and dance sequences. They don't care much about our movies and the content.



Shahid Kapoor is a poor actor ???

Anyway it's subjective.

Trust me, he has good looks. Except his recent Kashmir movie, his every movie was crap. You laugh when he tries to cry on screen.

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Trust me, he has good looks. Except his recent Kashmir movie, his every movie was crap. You laugh when he tries to cry on screen.

your opinion bro. I think he is a fine actor if you leave out his initial movies. It's good that we can both agree on Haider at least.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

your opinion bro. I think he is a fine actor if you leave out his initial movies. It's good that we can both agree on Haider at least.

That's a point. If there was a actor coming up like Amitabh, and his acting in initial few movies are worse he is thrown out, or not given chances after that. That name "Kapoor" has a bearing in his getting movies after movies. I dont think noawadays in Bollywood, Irfan Khan, nawazudin Siddique are some few actors without influence and rose up through pure talent.

Tamil and Malayalam film industries now have heroes who rose up through short films. The important point to note is, it gives someone with talent a chance. Bollywood has closed that door to 95% of aspiring actors.

We wont be seeing stories like Amitabh, Rajinikanth, SRK rising up the ladder to become a star anymore. Sadly.

 

[Nilgiri]

Bollywood doesn't have those gems. Malayalam film industry alone produces more gems than bollywood.

The troll you are talking to is a known south-India hater and racist/ethnicity-baiting scum.

He has literally said the concept of friendship is absent from south india and that only north indians can perform athletically.

It is best to ignore this sorry waste of oxygen....especially given it itself has admitted to looking like a lonely dishelved refugee that people want to see the back of.

There is probably nothing "hindu" about him...probably a butthurt false flagger.

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

That's a point. If there was a actor coming up like Amitabh, and his acting in initial few movies are worse he is thrown out, or not given chances after that. That name "Kapoor" has a bearing in his getting movies after movies. I dont think noawadays in Bollywood, Irfan Khan, nawazudin Siddique are some few actors without influence and rose up through pure talent.

Tamil and Malayalam film industries now have heroes who rose up through short films. The important point to note is, it gives someone with talent a chance. Bollywood has closed that door to 95% of aspiring actors.

We wont be seeing stories like Amitabh, Rajinikanth, SRK rising up the ladder to become a star anymore. Sadly.

Here I agree with you. Too much nepotism in Bollywood.There are a few others as well rising on their own like Randeep Hooda and Siddharth Malhotra.