Hollywood-Bollywood
I just came back after watching Bollywood movie “My Name is Khan” which has broken some box office records by any Bollywood movie in North America. It is interesting to notice how Bollywood movies are moving closer to Hollywood movies in terms of story line up, editing, background score and most amazingly music. In MNIK, all the songs were in background which is not usual in Karan Johar’s (movie director) typical movies. This trend has been followed by many movies in recent past and it seems that Indian audiences are also accepting this format. Even Hollywood movies have accepted Indian actors and you can see many movies either having Indian background story or Indian actors in lead roles. This confluence was strengthened by the major success of “Slumdog Millionaire” last year. This movie was not only popular but also won Oscar awards for best movie and background score. This relation has been strengthened since then and even common people in North America are accepting the power of Bollywood movies. It is interesting to listen to students’ as well as professors’ point of views about this huge industry in my MBA classes. However Bollywood has still to cover a long path to match the technical quality and tight story line of Hollywood movies. I don’t see a day very far when people from both industries will work together to make great movies.
PS – Still MS word is showing red underline for Bollywood word. Strange.
5 comments:
Its difficult to create a movie that can get 'Global'.Indians are surely learning the tricks of trade.
@Pankaj - What would say about "Slumdog Millionaire"..It touched the chords of both Indian and American hearts. I believe global movies have a potential. Lets see when will it come true.
Slumdog had that insight from a foreign director.Its a long way that we can make movies with sequels like Matrix,Terminator,
Shrek etc. that appeals globally with the same level.
I accept the fact that Indian cinema has to cover a long journey. I watched one Bengali move "Jana Aranya" directed by Satyajit Ray. What an innpvative thought process and direction style he possessed. I hope KJo type directors should watch his movies.
Road Movie and even Karthik Calling Karthik have that hollywood touch.... but i dont think these movies got such a good response from indian Crowd. Like our movies i think the Indian audience too need to evolve.
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