Bollywood

2. Bombay + Hollywood =
BOLLYWOOD
largest film industry in the world, 1000 movies a year
twice as many as hollywood
Bombay now Mumbai

3. Not Bollywood -- simply a film with Indian people in it
But..music by AR Rahman

4. A.R. Rahman

5. “Chaiyya Chaiyya”
walk in shade, all Bollywood musicals

6. Were the actors really
singing?
• 1) Yes
• 2) No

7. • “Cine songs”
• Lip Synching
• Eclectic, anything goes

8. Big production numbers, fantastical sequences

9. Standard length 3 hours, but you get an intermission

10. Melodrama
Melodrama! Full of strong emotions, packing as much into film as possible
getting your money’s worth--love, action, etc.

11. Singin’ in the Rain +
ET +
Forrest Gump +
Spiderman =
Seriously.
Mashups of popular western movies

12. Ripoffs of Western: Home Alone, Bruce Almighty

13. When watching a
Bollywood film, one
must
• 1) embrace non-realistic theatrics
• 2) pay close attention, they are short
• 3) read subtitles, for there is no sound

14. No kissing
on the mouth.

15. Sensuality, but no mouth kissing

16. T/F: Indian film stars are
always in “traditional”
dress due to modesty.
• 1) True
• 2) False

17. Fashion--like characters from Jersey Shore
or traditional garb

18. Amitabh Bachchan Abhishek &
Aishwarya Rai
Actors, family dynasties. Bachchan the guy kid jumped into outhouse in Slumdog to see
Like Al Pacino

19. Aamir Khan
Shahrukh Khan
Salman Khan
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Charlie Sheen

20. Kajol
Rani Mukherjee
cousins, Kajol often costarring with Sharuk Kahn (Brad Pitt)

21. Good introduction to Indian cinema

22. Bonny & Clyde

23. Full movie on youtube

24. “Zoobie Doobie”
music by Shantanu Moitra

25. Carry on Munna Brother
Music by Moitra