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Bollywood gaining recognition and popularity overseas: Amitabh Bachchan


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nobody even cares about indian movies outside pakistan and some arab countries

 

[vamshikrishna]

vamshikrishna i never said that Indian Government CALLED all Pakistani people terrorists.. i mean by cutting ties with 170 people just bcoz of few you in reality alienate them altogether.. if i was the governing body of India i would have gone with peace talks making a statement in the eyes of Pakistani people that "India wants to be friends with Pakistan and BOTH countries wont bow down and back off from friendship just because of handful of people who doesn't want this friendship to prosper"...

Think it this way.. if one of your far cousin kills someone.. should you be alienated or punished for that? 170 million people of Pakistan don't even know the names of people who were involved there.. why should they suffer?

and if you alienate them without their fault.. anger is surely gonna be there.. simple as that!

but the person who r captured he said in bombay court. he was given proper training in certain terrosists groups.

 

[mehboobkz]

nobody even cares about indian movies outside pakistan and some arab countries

But its inside Pakistan which is most important to Pakistanis of all ilk:

Look at your Pakistan:

Last month, just before the release of the Bollywood film My Name Is Khan, a message generated in Pakistan on the microblogging site Twitter was massively retweeted in Mumbai, India: "You might want to come to Karachi to catch MNIK's first day, first show!"

Recently released Indian movies are said to be doing considerable business across Pakistan. Film ‘Race’, which features a song by Pakistani singer Atif Aslam, has received enormous applause from audiences. The movie is especially gaining popularity with young people. Another Bollywood film ‘Tare Zameen Par’ has become the talk of the town and is being released in Pakistan by a private television network

 

[vamshikrishna]

nobody even cares about indian movies outside pakistan and some arab countries

i think u r in 1929 or some were.

did u know the largest film produces in the world?

 

[Imran Khan]

indian films are not the issue here dears he show mirorr to nation and i agree with him.

 

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But its inside Pakistan which is most important to Pakistanis of all ilk:

Look at your Pakistan:

Last month, just before the release of the Bollywood film My Name Is Khan, a message generated in Pakistan on the microblogging site Twitter was massively retweeted in Mumbai, India: "You might want to come to Karachi to catch MNIK's first day, first show!"

thats it, if pakistanis stop watching your movies, you indians will only be the guys watching your movies, no body damn cares about your stupid movies, not even 1/4th of pakistanis watch your movies, your movies are most watched in karachi, not even outside cities

im a pakistani, and dont watch your movies

 

[vamshikrishna]

Influence of Bollywood

In the 2000s, Bollywood began influencing musical films in the Western world, and played a particularly instrumental role in the revival of the American musical film genre. Baz Luhrmann stated that his musical film Moulin Rouge! (2001) was directly inspired by Bollywood musicals.[40] The film incorporated an Indian-themed play based on the ancient Sanskrit drama The Little Clay Cart and a Bollywood-style dance sequence with a song from the film China Gate. The critical and financial success of Moulin Rouge! renewed interest in the then-moribund Western musical genre, and subsequently films such as Chicago, The Producers, Rent, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Sweeney Todd, Across the Universe, The Phantom of the Opera, Enchanted and Mamma Mia! were produced, fueling a renaissance of the genre.[41][42]

A. R. Rahman, an Indian film composer, wrote the music for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams, and a musical version of Hum Aapke Hain Koun has played in London's West End. The Bollywood musical Lagaan (2001) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and two other Bollywood films Devdas (2002) and Rang De Basanti (2006) were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008), which has won four Golden Globes and eight Academy Awards, was also directly inspired by Bollywood films,[32][43] and is considered to be a "homage to Hindi commercial cinema".[22] The theme of reincarnation was also popularized in Western popular culture through Bollywood films, with Madhumati (1958) inspiring the Hollywood film The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975),[20] which in turn inspired the Bollywood film Karz (1980), which in turn influenced another Hollywood film Chances Are (1989).[44] The 1975 film Chhoti Si Baat is believed to have inspired Hitch (2005), which in turn inspired the Bollywood film Partner (2007).[45]


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The influence of Bollywood filmi music can also be seen in popular music elsewhere in the world. For example, Devo's 1988 hit song "Disco Dancer" was inspired by the song "I am a Disco Dancer" from the Bollywood film Disco Dancer (1982).[46] The 2002 song "Addictive", sung by Truth Hurts and produced by DJ Quik and Dr. Dre, was lifted from Lata Mangeshkar's "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai" from Jyoti (1981).[47] The Black Eyed Peas' Grammy Award winning 2005 song "Don't Phunk with My Heart" was inspired by two 1970s Bollywood songs: "Ye Mera Dil Yaar Ka Diwana" from Don (1978) and "Ae Nujawan Hai Sub" from Apradh (1972).[48] Both songs were originally composed by Kalyanji Anandji, sung by Asha Bhosle, and featured the dancer Helen.[49] Also in 2005, the Kronos Quartet re-recorded several R. D. Burman compositions, with Asha Bhosle as the singer, into an album You've stolen my heart - Songs From R D Burman's Bollywood, which was nominated for "Best Contemporary World Music Album" at the 2006 Grammy Awards. Filmi music composed by A. R. Rahman (who would later win two Academy Awards for the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack) has frequently been sampled by musicians elsewhere in the world, including the Singaporean artist Kelly Poon, the Uzbek artist Iroda Dilroz, the French rap group La Caution, the American artist Ciara, and the German band Löwenherz,[50] among others. Many Asian Underground artists, particularly those among the overseas Indian diaspora, have also been inspired by Bollywood music.
Genre conventions

 

[Paan Singh]

indian films are not the issue here dears he show mirorr to nation and i agree with him.

man ,u murder the english

 

[AvidSpice]

thats it, if pakistanis stop watching your movies, you indians will only be the guys watching your movies, no body damn cares about your stupid movies, not even 1/4th of pakistanis watch your movies, your movies are most watched in karachi, not even outside cities

Another defused bombshell!

 

[mehboobkz]

thats it, if pakistanis stop watching your movies, you indians will only be the guys watching your movies, no body damn cares about your stupid movies, not even 1/4th of pakistanis watch your movies, your movies are most watched in karachi, not even outside cities

How Pakistani cinema has seen a decline over the years could be gauged from the fact that the number of cinema halls has reduced across the country. According to a survey, in 1973 there were 63 cinemas in Lahore, 16 in Rawalpindi, 19 in Multan, 19 in Faisalabad, 11 in Gujranwala, 12 in Sialkot, 12 in Peshawar, 86 in Karachi, 20 in Hyderabad, six in Sukkar, and eight in Quetta. Currently, the number of cinemas has been reduced to 23 in Lahore, 10 in Rawalpindi, 14 in Multan, 13 in Faisalabad, 10 in Gujranwala, eight in Sialkot, 36 in Karachi, four in Hyderabad, one in Sukkar and five in Quetta.

 

[Kinetic]

nobody even cares about indian movies outside pakistan and some arab countries

Don't make statement that is against plain facts. Indian movies are popular in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, African and in some South American countries not to mention viewers from some western countries, Singapore, Japan etc. There are other cinema industries as well.

Besides being popular among the India diaspora, such far off locations as Nigeria to Egypt to Senegal and to Russia generations of non-Indian fans have grown up with Bollywood during the years, bearing witness to the cross-cultural appeal of Indian movies.[70] Over the last years of the twentieth century and beyond, Bollywood progressed in its popularity as it entered the consciousness of Western audiences and producers.[35][71]
Africa

Historically, Hindi films have been distributed to some parts of Africa, largely by Lebanese businessmen. Mother India (1957), for example, continued to be played in Nigeria decades after its release. Indian movies have also gained ground so as to alter the style of Hausa fashions, songs have also been copied by Hausa singers and stories have influenced the writings of Nigerian novelists. Stickers of Indian films and stars decorate taxis and buses in Northern Nigeria, while posters of Indian films adorn the walls of tailor shops and mechanics' garages in the country. Unlike in Europe and North America where Indian films largely cater to the expatriate Indian market yearning to keep in touch with their homeland, in West Africa, as in many other parts of the world, such movies rose in popularity despite the lack of a significant Indian audience, where movies are about an alien culture, based on a religion wholly different, and, for the most part, a language that is unintelligible to the viewers. One such explanation for this lies in the similarities between the two cultures. Other similarities include wearing turbans; the presence of animals in markets; porters carrying large bundles, chewing sugar cane; youths riding Bajaj motor scooters; wedding celebrations, and so forth. With the strict Muslim culture, Indian movies were said to show "respect" toward women, where Hollywood movies were seen to have "no shame". In Indian movies women were modestly dressed, men and women rarely kiss, and there is no nudity, thus Indian movies are said to "have culture" that Hollywood films lack. The latter choice was a failure because "they don't base themselves on the problems of the people," where the former is based socialist values and on the reality of developing countries emerging from years of colonialism. Indian movies also allowed for a new youth culture to follow without such ideological baggage as "becoming western."[70]

Bollywood is also popular among Somalis and the Somali diaspora, where the emerging Islamic Courts Union found a bête noire.[72] Chad and Ethiopia have also shown an interest in the movies.[73]

Several Bollywood personalities have avenued to the continent for both shooting movies and off-camera projects. The film Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav (2005) was one of many movies shot in South Africa.[74] Dil Jo Bhi Kahey (2005) was shot almost entirely in Mauritius, which has a large ethnically Indian population.

Ominously, however, the popularity of old Bollywood versus a new, changing Bollywood seems to be diminishing the popularity on the continent. The changing style of Bollywood has begun to question such an acceptance. The new era features more sexually explicit and violent films. Nigerian viewers, for example, commented that older films of the 1950s and 1960s had culture to the newer, more westernized picturizations.[70] The old days of India avidly "advocating decolonization ... and India's policy was wholly influenced by his missionary zeal to end racial domination and discrimination in the African territories" were replaced by newer realities.[75] The emergence of Nollywood, Africa's local movie industry has also contributed to the declining popularity of Bollywood films. A greater globalised world worked in tandem with the sexualisation of Indian films so as to become more like American films, thus negating the preferred values of an old Bollywood and diminishing Indian soft power.
Asia

Bollywood films are widely watched in South Asian countries, such as Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Many Pakistanis watch Bollywood films, as they understand Hindi (due to its linguistic similarity to Urdu).[76] Pakistan banned the legal import of Bollywood movies in 1965. However, a thriving trade in pirated DVDs[77] and illegal cable broadcasts ensured the continued popularity of Bollywood releases in Pakistan. Exceptions were made for a few films, such as the 2006 colorized re-release of the classic Mughal-e-Azam or the 2006 film Taj Mahal. Early in 2008, the Pakistani government eased the ban and allowed the import of even more movies; 16 were screened in 2008.[78] Continued easing followed in 2009 and 2010. The new policy is controversial in Pakistan. It is opposed by ardent nationalists and representatives of Pakistan's small film industry; it is embraced by cinema owners, who are booking large profits after years of poor receipts.[79]

Bollywood movies are also popular in Afghanistan due to the country's proximity with the Indian subcontinent and certain other cultural perspectives present in the movies.[80] A number of Bollywood movies were filmed inside Afghanistan while some dealt with the country, including Dharmatma, Kabul Express, Khuda Gawah and Escape From Taliban.[81][82] Hindi films have also been popular in numerous Arab countries, including Palestine, Jordan, Egypt and the Gulf countries.[83] Imported Indian films are usually subtitled in Arabic upon the film's release. Since the early 2000s, Bollywood has progressed in Israel. Special channels dedicated to Indian films have been displayed on cable television.[84] Bollywood films are also popular across Southeast Asia (particularly the Malay Archipelago)[85] and Central Asia (particularly in Uzbekistan[86] and Tajikistan).[87]

Some Hindi movies also became big successes in the People's Republic of China during the 1940s and 1950s. The most popular Hindi films in China were Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani (1946), Awaara (1951) and Two Acres of Land (1953). Raj Kapoor was a famous movie star in China, and the song "Awara Hoon" ("I am a Tramp") was popular in the country. Since then, Hindi films significantly declined in popularity in China, until the Academy Award nominated Lagaan (2001) became the first Indian film to have a nation-wide release there in decades.[88] The Chinese filmmaker He Ping was impressed by Lagaan, especially its soundtrack, and thus hired the film's music composer A. R. Rahman to score the soundtrack for his film Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003).[89] Several older Hindi films also have a cult following in Japan, particularly the films directed by the late Guru Dutt.[90]
Europe

The awareness of Hindi cinema is substantial in the United Kingdom,[91] where they frequently enter the UK top ten. Many films, such as Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) have been set in London. Bollywood is also appreciated in France, Germany, the Netherlands,[92] and the Scandinavian countries. Various Bollywood movies are dubbed in German and shown on the German television channel RTL II on a regular basis.[93]

Bollywood films are particularly popular in the former Soviet Union. Bollywood films have been dubbed into Russian, and shown in prominent theatres such as Mosfilm and Lenfilm.

Ashok Sharma, Indian Ambassador to Suriname, who has served three times in the Commonwealth of Independent States region during his diplomatic career said:

The popularity of Bollywood in the CIS dates back to the Soviet days when the films from Hollywood and other Western countries were banned in the Soviet Union. As there was no means of other cheap entertainment, the films from Bollywood provided the Soviets a cheap source of entertainment as they were supposed to be non-controversial and non-political. In addition, the Soviet Union was recovering from the onslaught of the Second World War. The films from India, which were also recovering from the disaster of partition and the struggle for freedom from colonial rule, were found to be a good source of providing hope with entertainment to the struggling masses. The aspirations and needs of the people of both countries matched to a great extent. These films were dubbed in Russian and shown in theatres throughout the Soviet Union. The films from Bollywood also strengthened family values, which was a big factor for their popularity with the government authorities in the Soviet Union.[94]

The film Mera Naam Joker (1970), sought to cater to such an appeal and the popularity of Raj Kapoor in Russia, when it recruited Russian actress Kseniya Ryabinkina for the movie. In the contemporary era, Lucky: No Time for Love was shot entirely in Russia. After the collapse of the Soviet film distribution system, Hollywood occupied the void created in the Russian film market. This made things difficult for Bollywood as it was losing market share to Hollywood. However, Russian newspapers report that there is a renewed interest in Bollywood among young Russians.[95]
North America

Bollywood has experienced a marked growth in revenue in North American markets, and is particularly popular amongst the South Asian communities in large cities as Chicago, Toronto and New York City.[35] Yash Raj Films, one of India's largest production houses and distributors, reported in September 2005 that Bollywood films in the United States earn around $100 million a year through theater screenings, video sales and the sale of movie soundtracks.[35] In other words, films from India do more business in the United States than films from any other non-English speaking country.[35] Numerous films in the mid-1990s and onwards have been largely, or entirely, shot in New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver and Toronto. Bollywood's immersion in the traditional Hollywood domain was further tied with such films as The Guru (2002) and Marigold: An Adventure in India (2007) trying to popularise the Bollywood-theme for Hollywood.
Oceania

Bollywood is not as successful in the Oceanic countries and Pacific Islands such as New Guinea. However, it ranks second to Hollywood in countries such as Fiji, with its large Indian minority, Australia and New Zealand.[96]

Australia is one of the countries where there is a large South Asian Diaspora. Bollywood is popular amongst non-Asians in the country as well.[96] Since 1997 the country has provided a backdrop for an increasing number of Bollywood films.[96] Indian filmmakers have been attracted to Australia's diverse locations and landscapes, and initially used it as the setting for song-and-dance sequences, which demonstrated the contrast between the values.[96] However, nowadays, Australian locations are becoming more important to the plot of Bollywood films.[96] Hindi films shot in Australia usually incorporate aspects of Australian lifestyle. The Yash Raj Film Salaam Namaste (2005) became the first Indian film to be shot entirely in Australia and was the most successful Bollywood film of 2005 in the country.[97] This was followed by Heyy Babyy (2007) Chak De! India (2007) and Singh Is Kinng (2008) which turned out to be box office successes.[96] Following the release of Salaam Namaste, on a visit to India the then Prime Minister John Howard also sought, having seen the film, to have more Indian movies shooting in the country to boost tourism, where the Bollywood and cricket nexus, was further tightened with Steve Waugh's appointment as tourism ambassador to India.[98] Australian actress Tania Zaetta, who co-starred in Salaam Namaste, among other Bollywood films, expressed her keenness to expand her career in Bollywood.[99]

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[Paan Singh]

thats it, if pakistanis stop watching your movies, you indians will only be the guys watching your movies, no body damn cares about your stupid movies, not even 1/4th of pakistanis watch your movies, your movies are most watched in karachi, not even outside cities

atleast u accepted that pakistanis watch bollywood movies.
good to see that u r progressing towards truth

 

[vamshikrishna]

Visit Mumbai - Booming Bollywood, the World's Largest Film Industry!




Mumbai is one of the most happening and glamorous cities in India. It is the commercial and economic powerhouse of the country. Mumbai is bestowed with a number of tourist's attractions, and receives a great flux of tourists every year. Mumbai is a unique city of India, which is always on move and never sleeps. A large volume of European visitors get into city by taking flights to Mumbai India. It has historical monuments, beautiful beaches, and many other attractive places to visit. These tourists places provide you an insight into the otherwise hidden legacy of the place. As Mumbai is a lively city the city tour will refresh you from all aspects. Mumbai is one of the world's most famous cities and the main reason behind its fame is Bollywood. Mumbai is home to Indian film industry. A number of film and film star fans take Mumbai India flights to meet film stars and watch shootings.

Being the main hub for Indian film Industry Mumbai has played a pivotal role in the development of cinematography. The city has remained a main centre of Indian Film Industry for a period of a century. Shooting for a number of film cities is done in this film city, and if you are lucky you can even get a chance to meet and see bollywood stars after taking cheap flights to Mumbai from UK by making your flights reservation with some authentic travel operator like flights to Mumbai India The film city is located away from city life at Goregaon. The Film City is not open to admission without a prior permission however you can visit the sets of various bollywood films by getting prior permission and can find multiple places of your interest after taking cheap Mumbai India flights.

The Bollywood Film City was established in the year 1911. Today, the Film city boasts of all modern technology that can produce movies of great visuals and quality. It has now become the hot spot to find Bollywood top stars. Among visitors taking cheap flights to Mumbai the city is titled as the 'Dream City'. It is a small world in itself featuring fountains, gardens, lakes, fighting grounds, helipads and real-looking buildings. Reaching Film City is very easy as both air ports of the city; Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport and Santa Cruz Airport are quite near to Film City. You can take flights to Mumbai India from UK with to reach Mumbai international Airport.

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i think u r in 1929 or some were.

did u know the largest film produces in the world?

i can make 2 paisa movies and become the lagrest film producer country.....

 

[Veeru]

nobody even cares about indian movies outside pakistan and some arab countries

SRK wins over China with 'My Name is Khan'

BEIJING: Weeks before Chinese premier Wen Jiabao flies into New Delhi to strengthen relations with India, an Indian movie star is making his way into Chinese hearts. Audiences in a dozen Chinese cities are crowding to cinema halls showing Shahrukh Khan-starrer 'My Name is Khan'.

The movie has been shown in movie halls of more than a dozen Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dalian since its launch on November 30. This is the first time in more than a decade that the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the Chinese censors, has approved an Indian movie for showing in cinema houses.

SRK wins over China with 'My Name is Khan' - Times Of India

My Name Is Khan is being enjoyed in China.

Hundred and thousand of fans are gathering outside cinema theatres in China to watch My Name Is Khan, the film by Karan Johar that stars Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in the lead role.

For the cinema lovers in China, the release of My Name Is Khan is special because just like Pakistan, Bollywood films are not allowed to release here. Although unlike Pakistan where Bollywood films are banned to protect the local film industry, Chines government do not allow these films because according to them they are vulgar and contain too much voidance. In the last 10 years, the strict Chinese film censor board has found just one film suitable for official release in that country, of course no point for guessing that its My Name Is Khan.

The film was released in more than 12 cities in China on November 30 and is going to packed houses.

Though the press and the media in China feel that some political reasons may have helped the strict film censor board to allow this film to be screened, but the major critics in the country have given the film a big thumps-up.

Indecently, the film got even more publicity because its release coincided with a four-day art and film festival organized by the Indian embassy and the Chinese government in Beijing.

With the response My Name Is Khan has received in China, people have requested the government over there to allow the official release of some more Bollywood hits. It is expected that the state run censor board will be more lenient and allow more Bollywood films to hit theatres here.

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