1. Definition2. History3. Genre conventions4. Critics5. Popularity

Populary term used for Mumbai based Hindi-language film industry in India

Only a part of the India film industry

One of the largest film producers in the world

Formed out of the words „Bombay“ and „Hollywood“

Languages: Hindi, Urdu and English

Raja Harishchandra was the first film made in India (1913)

By the 30‘s the industry produced over 200 films per year

In the 50‘s first coloured films

Mostly romance movies and action films from the 60‘s on

Around 2000 Bollywood became famous all over the world

1913 started bollowywood movies

Upto 1930 black & white movie

Upto 1960 black & white movie

1960 onwards romance movie

Old & new mixed up

Animation started

What Next?......lets see

Mostly musicals

Mixed out of many aspects (love, thrill, comedy etc.)

Plots tend to be melodramatic

Bollywood films change because of the Western influence (Hollywood)

Bollywood movies are mostly bad remakes from foreign or even Indian movies

many movies are produced in one year, but they are bad in quality

discrimination of dark-skinned Indians -> therefore an Indian ideal of beauty is

created

Bollywood films are particulary popular in America, Europe and Afrika

In Asia lays the focus of Bollywood-films

Bollywood isn‘t very succesful in Oceanic countries like Indonesia or Fiji

-> but in Australia and New Zealand Bollywood is the most popular film industry after Hollywood

Lets Watch Bollywood Movie.............

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