Essays on Bollywood

Through this paper, I have decided to share my Holiday Memories. Last Christmas, I had a 2 weeks’ holiday in India, with my family. There are many reasons why we choose to holiday in India. My dad’s close friend Sivakumar has been inviting since long, and we were more than happy to accept the invitation. I like Bollywood songs and I have some close friends who are from India. Though my dad is used to traveling abroad, for the rest of the family, it is the first time outside North America. I had prior ideas and perspective about ...

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Evaluation of Martin Barker’s Research The portrayal of rape on screen is a complex issue for a number of reasons. The cinematographers need to be aware of the effect of these scenes on the audience, and ensure that it is included in the film for a purpose that befits the film and the plot. Barker, as part of a BBFC report on sexual violence on screen, assessed the reaction of natural audiences of films with scenes of sexual violence - A Ma Soeur, Baise-Moi, The House on the Edge of the Park, Ichi the Killer, and Irreversible (2013). ...

One of the top most grossing industries or sectors in the contemporary society is the entertainment industry. Increasing standards of living around the world have allowed individuals to accumulate bigger disposable incomes. Lifestyle changes continue to arise within the contemporary society owing to the growing, improving incomes. Consumables that were previously unprofitable have since become among day-to-day products. The growing entertainment industry is one such sector. The focus of this paper is to analyze the industry, growth process, and evolution of the cinema industry in India. The growth of the movie sector is one of the indicators of a ...

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Introduction Bollywood which is the Indian film industry is the second largest film industry in the world next to Hollywood. The industry has already gained undeniable success not only in India but worldwide. One of the distinctive features of a Bollywood film is the presence of songs and dances in the sequences of the movie. This is the main reason why Bollywood films are gaining popularity in the international film industry. The songs and dances have been an important part in a movie and it started from the early days of Bollywood. Every film must contain at least four ...

Throughout history, Bollywood films have illustrated a representation of women in India in various forms. Arguably, it is certain that Bollywood films comprise of gender-based stereotypes. The female characters, situations, and plots concerning women in Indian films have been steered by stereotypical ideologies. Across the globe, extensive research had indicated that Indian films top the list of undermining women. Moreover, a sample survey established that Indian females, for an extended period of time, have portrayed females in sexualized roles. It is well-known that the notion of objectifying women on the screen has been a conspicuous issue that the films ...

Industry Case Study Report

Industry Case Study Report

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The world has become increasingly mobile or that is what the statistics shows us. The number of tourists across the world has been rising all through the years barring a few occasions like post 9/11 in 2001 and during the global recession period of 2008-2010. The latest data shows that the international tourist arrivals have increased by 4 % to reach a record 1.2 billion tourist arrivals in 2015 . Almost all the major markets exhibited positive results and is it is expected to upkeep the momentum in 2016 as well. New Zealand also continued to show ...

Jagte Raho is a black and white film which describes the lifestyle of a villager who had travelled in an urban city full of evil acts. The film takes place over one long, bizarre night in a block apartment in the midst of the city. Raj Kapoor, a thirty villager, was seeking for water to quench his thirst. When heading to the direction with piped water in an apartment, he is hastily spotted and suspected of being a burglar. The accusations makes the villager run dearly for his life and hide in the safest apartments. In the process, Kapoor ...

Many critics called the film Sholay (1975) directed by Ramesh Sippy the best film in the history of Bollywood, or the "Film of the Millennium". The critics praise it so much so that several critics insist that "innovation in Hindi films ends with Sholay and that everything after that is repetitious trash" (Banker 55). This picture is a mix of crime thriller with the elements of "Japanese samurai epics and American and Italian Westerns, most obviously The Magnificent Seven (which was based on Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai)" (Banker 55). The director involved a number of best Indian actors ...

The first part of the slides describes the history of developments and inventions of movie production industry. The first steps in movie production have been taken by Marey and Muybridge in 1870s-1880s. They were able to capture motions by taking series of pictures using a single camera. Almost 15 years later, Thomas Edison created first Kinetoscope, where through the peep hole only one person could see the illusion of movement, that was created by showing sequence of images with a high speed over a light source (“Kinetoscope”). In almost the same period Lumière brothers invented a new device ...