Bombay + Hollywood = BOLLYWOOD

largest film industry in the world, 1000 movies a year

twice as many as hollywoodBombay now Mumbai

Not Bollywood -- simply a film with Indian people in itBut..music by AR Rahman

A.R. Rahman

“Chaiyya Chaiyya”

walk in shade, all Bollywood musicals

Were the actors really singing?

• 1) Yes

• 2) No

• “Cine songs”

• Lip Synching

• Eclectic, anything goes

Big production numbers, fantastical sequences

Standard length 3 hours, but you get an intermission

Melodrama

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

Singin’ in the Rain +ET +

Forrest Gump +Spiderman =

Seriously.

Mashups of popular western movies

Ripoffs of Western: Home Alone, Bruce Almighty

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

No kissingon the mouth.

Sensuality, but no mouth kissing

T/F: Indian film stars are always in “traditional” dress due to modesty.

• 1) True

• 2) False

Fashion--like characters from Jersey Shoreor traditional garb

Amitabh Bachchan Abhishek & Aishwarya Rai

Actors, family dynasties. Bachchan the guy kid jumped into outhouse in Slumdog to seeLike Al Pacino

Salman Khan

Shahrukh Khan

Aamir Khan

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Charlie Sheen

Kajol

Rani Mukherjee

cousins, Kajol often costarring with Sharuk Kahn (Brad Pitt)

Good introduction to Indian cinema

Bonny & Clyde

Full movie on youtube

“Zoobie Doobie”

music by Shantanu Moitra

Carry on Munna BrotherMusic by Moitra