Entertainment plays a very important role in Indian culture with Bollywood movies being released almost every week. Attracting people from all over the world, most of these movies are shot in various scenic foreign destinations. These movies are a typical movie masala full of romance, dance as well as fights. Bollywood in fact is not only the largest film industry in India but also one of the largest in the world.
Bollywood has evolved right from the time that it was first introduced in the early 1900’s with its themes changing as per the different times. From the silent era to talkies, the golden age, the masala movies to a period when technology dominates the sphere Indian cinema has now found a niche for itself reaching out to an international audience, gaining global mass appeal.
In fact, a large number of major global studios such as Sony Pictures, Warner Bros and 20th Century Fox made sizeable investments which further confirmed Bollywood having etched itself on the global psyche. Various Indian corporate firms had jumped on the bandwagon to be major producers as well as distributors of these films. Some of them include Zee TV, Adlabs and UTV. This gave rise to the multiplex boom across the country.
Technology has greatly advanced in the country such as Direct-to-Home TV where movies are brought home straight into your living room. Technology has added new dimensions to movies adding advanced special effects, Dolby digital sound effects and choreography.
Young actors have joined the brigade of Bollywood films giving the cinema a fresh look. The content as well as theme is constantly being experimented on with many Bollywood movies portraying corruption, friendship, communal riots, etc.
With the advent of the internet it has become extremely convenient as well as popular for people to view new Hindi movies online. They can visit various movie channel websites as well as portals and download them or watch them online. This method is extremely convenient as people who miss out in visiting the cinema. However, despite this advancement the marquee yet rules with theatres thronged with Indians at the time of the release of new Bollywood movies.
With the advent of the internet it has become extremely convenient as well as popular for people to view new Hindi movies online. They can visit various movie channel websites as well as portals and download them or watch them online. This method is extremely convenient as people who miss out in visiting the cinema. However, despite this advancement the marquee yet rules with theatres thronged with Indians at the time of the release of new Bollywood movies.
New release Hindi movies often take some time before they are released online or on DVD’s but there are few websites where people can watch them online. Bollywood enthusiasts can read about the industry via the internet and get news as well as gossip associated with the actors, actresses as well as crew members of the films. Finding information about these movies as well as the music is easily available with just a click of the mouse. Very often people want to know who the singers were of different Bollywood songs and want to download them as well. The internet is a common place where almost every detail about Bollywood can be found.
While most Bollywood movies are fictitious and do not depict reality, there are many movies which have attempted to depict real issues such as Anurag Kashyap’s Black Friday which spoke about the Bombay blasts and communal rioting in the city between the Hindus and Muslims; and Vishal Bhardwaj’s Maqbool which was about the mafia in Bombay. There are many movies which have combined different themes such as Dostana and Tare Zameen Par such as homosexuality with Bollywood’s dream world and dyslexia.
