By Malte, Dennis and Tim
Structure
1. Definition
2. History
3. Genre conventions
4. Critics
5. Popularity
Definition
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
History
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
Genre conventions
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)
Critics
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
Popularity
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
Our sources
www.wikipedia.en
www.topnews.in/files/Bollywood_Sign.jpg