Bollywood

Bollywood is the term often used to refer to Indian Hindi-language cinema and was created by combining Bombay (the city now called Mumbai) and Hollywood (the famous center of the United States film industry).http://www.bollywoodworld.com/whatisbollywood/ Traditionally based out of Mumbai (formally Bombay, hence the "Bo" of "Bollywood"), Bollywood was primarily inspired by early Hollywood musicals and Indian epic films.

Bollywood cinema often contains song and dance sequences with the music recorded by professional musical artists and dubbed over the actor's performance while they lip-sync the lyrics. The plots of Bollywood movies are usually melodramatic. They generally have a mixture of ingredients and plots such as star-crossed lovers, corrupt politicians, twins separated at birth, conniving villains, angry parents, courtesans with hearts of gold, dramatic reversals of fortune, and convenient coincidences.

The dancing used in Bollywood modern Indian dancing. This is a combination of classical Indian dance, folk dancing, sometimes with a Latino and Arabic influence. It's fun and very expressive and there's a lot of deep meaning behind music in the films. You can actually express what the music means, through the graceful movements of the body.http://www.bollywoodworld.com/whatisbollywood/

When combined with other Indian film industries (Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada), it is considered to be the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced, and maybe also the number of tickets sold.http://www.bollywoodworld.com/whatisbollywood/

Some Bollywood Movies

  • Housefull

  • Pankh

  • Kambakkht Is

  • Bride and Prejudice

  • Love Aaj Kal

  • Journey Bombay

  • Karam

  • The Pehchaan

  • Panjaban

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