By Malte, Dennis and Tim

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Definition
History
Genre conventions
Critics
Popularity

Definition
Populary

term used for Mumbai based

Hindi-language film industry in India
Only a part of the India film industry
One of the largest film producers in
the world
Formed out of the words Bombay
and Hollywood
Languages: Hindi, Urdu and English

History
Raja

Harishchandra was the first film

made in India (1913)
By the 30s the industry produced
over 200 films per year
In the 50s first coloured films
Mostly romance movies and action
films from the 60s on
Around 2000 Bollywood became
famous all over the world

Genre conventions
Mostly

musicals
Mixed out of many aspects
(love,
thrill, comedy etc.)
Plots tend to be
melodramatic
Bollywood films change
because of the Western
influence (Hollywood)

Critics
Bollywood

movies are mostly bad

remakes from foreign or even Indian
movies
many movies are produced in one
year, but they are bad in quality
discrimination of dark-skinned Indians
-> therefore an Indian ideal of beauty
is
created

Popularity
Bollywood

films are particulary popular

in America, Europe and Afrika
In Asia lays the focus of Bollywood-films
Bollywood isnt very succesful in
Oceanic countries like Indonesia or Fiji
-> but in Australia and New Zealand
Bollywood is the most popular film
industry after Hollywood

Our sources
www.wikipedia.en
www.topnews.in/files/Bollywood_Sign

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