The article "100 years of Bollywood: A beginner's guide" was published on the 3d May in 2013 by Alice Vincent (Entertainment writer).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/bollywood/10033530/100-years-of-Bollywood-A-beginners-guide.html
The author writes about the Bollywood film, its peculiarities and roots.
Alice Vincent reminds that hundred years ago today, the first silent feature film was released in India: Raja Harischandra, created by Dadasahed Phalke. The film told the legend of King Harischandra, and Phalke was rightly dubbed the Father of Indian Cinema: his was the first in an ever-growing line of Bollywood films.
She mentions that a century later, and Bollywood is still a thriving industry – in 2012, nine films made more than 1 billion rupees (£12 million) each at the box office. But while its influence creeps into Western film, there are still a lot of Bollywood rookies in the UK. With the centenary, there’s no better time to get involved. Here’s a few expert tips on where to start.
The basics
The author asserts that Bollywood is also known as Hindi cinema (rather than the portmanteau of Hollywood and Bombay), and its just one aspect of the much larger Indian Cinema industry. The language spoken is Hindi, although some newer films are in ‘Hinglish’, a mixture between Hindi and English. Classic Bollywood films can be lengthy – up to four hours – feature around 10 song-and-dance scenes and have an interval for audiences to take a break. However, modern Bollywood films have a smaller musical element – although the first to be completely without songs was Kanoon, a 1961 court drama.
The taboos
Speaking about the taboos, the author emphasizes that traditionally, the Indian censor board cut portrayals of sex, nudity, social unrest and violence from Bollywood films. The first film seriously to portray a gay relationship was Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyon, released in 2010, and on screen kisses still land a film with an adult rating. Director Baldev Raj Chopra was one of the first to break Bollywood’s taboos of divorce and prostitution, as well as portraying rape for the first time in 1980 film Insaaf-ka-Tarazu.
Besides, this article allows us to read more about classical, parallel and modern Bollywood films.
Frankly speaking, i've never heard about such a phenomenon as a Bollywood film. That's why this particular article is very useful for me and for my mental outlook. This article urges me on watching this kind of films.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/bollywood/10033530/100-years-of-Bollywood-A-beginners-guide.html
The author writes about the Bollywood film, its peculiarities and roots.
Alice Vincent reminds that hundred years ago today, the first silent feature film was released in India: Raja Harischandra, created by Dadasahed Phalke. The film told the legend of King Harischandra, and Phalke was rightly dubbed the Father of Indian Cinema: his was the first in an ever-growing line of Bollywood films.
She mentions that a century later, and Bollywood is still a thriving industry – in 2012, nine films made more than 1 billion rupees (£12 million) each at the box office. But while its influence creeps into Western film, there are still a lot of Bollywood rookies in the UK. With the centenary, there’s no better time to get involved. Here’s a few expert tips on where to start.
The basics
The author asserts that Bollywood is also known as Hindi cinema (rather than the portmanteau of Hollywood and Bombay), and its just one aspect of the much larger Indian Cinema industry. The language spoken is Hindi, although some newer films are in ‘Hinglish’, a mixture between Hindi and English. Classic Bollywood films can be lengthy – up to four hours – feature around 10 song-and-dance scenes and have an interval for audiences to take a break. However, modern Bollywood films have a smaller musical element – although the first to be completely without songs was Kanoon, a 1961 court drama.
The taboos
Speaking about the taboos, the author emphasizes that traditionally, the Indian censor board cut portrayals of sex, nudity, social unrest and violence from Bollywood films. The first film seriously to portray a gay relationship was Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyon, released in 2010, and on screen kisses still land a film with an adult rating. Director Baldev Raj Chopra was one of the first to break Bollywood’s taboos of divorce and prostitution, as well as portraying rape for the first time in 1980 film Insaaf-ka-Tarazu.
Besides, this article allows us to read more about classical, parallel and modern Bollywood films.
Frankly speaking, i've never heard about such a phenomenon as a Bollywood film. That's why this particular article is very useful for me and for my mental outlook. This article urges me on watching this kind of films.
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