2. 1. Definition
2. History
3. Genre conventions
4. Critics
5. Popularity

3.  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

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

5. 1913 started
bollowywood
movies
Upto 1930 black &
white movie
Upto 1960 black &
white movie
1960
onwards
romance
movie
Old & new
mixed up
Animation star
What Next?......lets see

6. 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)

7.  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

8.  Bollywood films are particulary popular in
America, Europe and Afrika
 In Asia lays the focus of Bollywood-films
 Bollywood isn‘t very succesful in Oceanic
countries like Indonesia or Fiji
 -> but in Australia and New Zealand
Bollywood is the most popular film industry
after Hollywood

9. Lets Watch Bollywood Movie.............
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10. Lets Watch Bollywood Movie.............
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