Indian Bollywood

Karan Johar's 40th Birthday Party Photos

2012-05-27T09:13:00.000-07:00

Singer Sunidhi Chauhan Wedding Reception......

2012-04-28T23:09:00.000-07:00

Sunidhi Chauhan With Husband Hitesh Sonik

Singer Sunidhi Chauhan Wedding Reception

Wedding of Bappi Lahri's Son..

2012-04-19T05:51:00.001-07:00

Taneesha with Bappa Lahri

Bappa Lahri

Bappi Lahri dances at his son's baraat

Taneesha with her mom Shefali

Bappi Lahri welcomes Actor turned politician Jaya Prada, Amar Singh and Sophie Choudry

Bappi Lahri poses with Rajiv Shukla

Salman Khan

Taneesha with Bappa Lahri

Bappi Lahri and his wife

Taneesha with her parents

Actress With And Without Makeup

2012-03-15T06:27:00.001-07:00

Aishwarya Rai With And Without Makeup

Rani Muerkji With And Without Makeup

kareena kapoor With And Without Makeup

Katrina Kaif With And Without Makeup

Kajol Without Makeup

Kajol With Makeup

Malaika Arora Khan Without Makeup

Malaika Arora Khan With Makeup

Priyanka Chopra Without Makeup

Priyanka Chopra With Makeup

Bipasha Basu Without Makeup

Bipasha Basu With Makeup

Deepika Padukone Without Makeup

Deepika Padukone With Makeup

Anushka Sharma Without Makeup

Anushka Sharma With Makeup

Vidya Balan Without Makeup

Vidya Balan With Makeup

Upcoming Movies on March

2012-03-03T02:25:00.001-08:00

London, Paris, New York Releasing on 2nd March

London, Paris, New York

Paan Singh Tomar Releasing on 2nd March

Paan Singh Tomar

Kahaani Releasing on 9th March

Kahaani

Agent Vinod Releasing on 23th March

Agent Vinod

Blood Money Releasing on 30th March

Blood Money

Riteish Deshmukh & Genelia D'Souza Sangeet Ceremony Image

2012-02-01T08:47:00.000-08:00

Riteish Deshmukh & Genelia D'Souza

Genelia D'Souza

Riteish-Genelia with family members

Riteish Father Vilasrao Deshmukh

Sanjay Dutt and Manyata at the Sangeet ceremony

Shreyas Talpade with his wife at the Sangeet ceremony

Dia Mirza and her boyfriend Sahil Sangha at the ceremony

Abhishek Bachchan, Karan Johar, and Gauri Khan at the venue

Suneil and Mana Shetty arrive for the sangeet ceremony

Upcoming Movies on February

2012-01-26T22:31:00.001-08:00

Gali Gali Chor Hai Releasing On 3rd february

Gali Gali Chor Hai

Married 2 America Releasing On 3rd february

Married 2 America

Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu Releasing On 10th february

Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu

Jodi Breakers Releasing On 24th february

Jodi Breakers

Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya Releasing On 24th february

Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya

History of Bollywood

2012-01-20T01:04:00.000-08:00

Bollywood, is the nickname given to the "Mumbai" (Maharashtra)-based Hindi film industry. When combined with other Indian film industries (Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada), it is considered to be the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced, and maybe also the number of tickets sold.

The term Bollywood was created by conflating Bombay (the city now called Mumbai, Maharashtra).

Bollywood films are usually musicals. Few movies are made without at least one song-and-dance number. Indian audiences expect full value for their money; they want songs and dances, love interest, comedy and dare-devil thrills, all mixed up in a three hour long extravaganza with intermission. Such movies are called masala movies, after the spice mixture masala. Like masala, these movies have everything.

The plots are often melodramatic. They frequently employ formulaic ingredients such as star-crossed lovers, corrupt politicians, twins separated at birth, conniving villains, angry parents, courtesans with hearts of gold, dramatic reversals of fortune, and convenient coincidences.

The term "Bollywood" has origins in the 1970s, when India overtook America as the world's largest film producer. Credit for the term has been claimed by several different people, including the lyricist, filmmaker and scholar Amit Khanna, and the journalist Bevinda Collaco.

History

Raja Harishchandra

The history of Bollywood stretches as far back as film industries of the rest of the world—the first feature film was produced in 1913, and the first talkie in 1931. The history is varied and complex, with scholarship on the topic gaining more in-depth attention in recent years—ironically, when Bollywood as it has existed seems to have evolved into a caricature of itself. There are four main aspects that help the uninitiated Bollywood viewer approach with more understanding: nationalism, censorship, music, and the three eras of Bollywood. These topics are interrelated and don’t necessarily need to be treated separately.
Raja Harishchandra (1913), by Dadasaheb Phalke, was the first silent feature film made in India. The film was based on the legend of King Harishchandra, recounted in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

Golden Age

Golden Age

But it was the Golden Age – 1950s and 1960s – that produced some of India’s most critically acclaimed films and memorable actors of all time. Among those in Bollywood’s hall of fame are Guru Dutt, Mehboob Khan, Raj Kapoor, Balraj Sahani, Nargis, Bimal Roy, Meena Kumari, Madhubala and Dilip Kumar.

So while the Guru Dutts and Bimal Roys held audiences in a trance, Indian cinema moved one step further with the release of K Asif`s Mughal-e-Azam in 1960. The film kickstarted a trail of romantic movies all over India.

While Indian commercial cinema enjoyed popularity among movie-goers, Indian art cinema did not go unnoticed. Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Ritwik Ghatak, Aravindan, Satyajit Ray, Shaji Karun and several other art film directors were making movies that took India to international fame and glory.

Modern Cinema

Modern Cinema

During the 1960s, popular cinema had shifted its social concerns towards more romantic genres, showcasing such new stars as Shammi Kapoor - a kind of Indian Elvis - and later, Rajesh Khanna, a soft, romantic hero. The period is also notable for a more assertive Indian nationalism. Following the Indo-Pakistan wars of 1962 and 1965, the Indian officer came to be a rallying point for the national imagination in films such as Sangam/Meeting of Hearts (Raj Kapoor, 1964) and Aradhana/Adoration (Shakti Samanta; 1969).

Amitabh BacchanHowever, the political and economic upheaval of the following decade saw a return to social questions across the board, in both the art and popular cinemas. The accepted turning point in the popular film was the angry, violent Zanjeer/The Chain (Prakash Mehra; 1973), which fed into the anxieties and frustrations generated by the quickening but lopsided pace of industrialization and urbanization. Establishing Amitabh Bachchan as the biggest star of the next decade, its policeman hero is ousted from service through a conspiracy, and takes the law into his own hands to render justice and to avenge his deceased parents.

Awards

List of Indian Hindi film awards
                        * Filmfare Awards
                        * Star Screen Awards
                        * IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) Awards
                        * Zee Cine Awards
                        * Stardust Awards
      * National Film Awards

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