November 8, 2011
Bollywood vs. Hollywood Bollywood films are made by companies headquartered in Bombay (Mumbai) Bollywood Bollywood makes twice as many films per year as Hollywood but in several Indian languages and with much lower budgets The largest number of films are made in Hindi Other languages include Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu and Gujarati
Standard Bollywood Format Song and DanceDance Melodramatic Plots Mostly puritanical boy-girl elements although with plenty of romance Bollywood Star Aishwarya Rai
Films Produced per year, Major Countries
India Supplies Its Own Film Demand
Serious Films Made in India before 1998 Pather Panchali (1955) Pather Panchali Aparajito (1956) Aparajito The Music Room (1958) The Music Room The World of Apu (1959) The World of Apu Shakespeare-Wallah (1965) Shakespeare-Wallah Satyajit Ray James Merchant and Ismail Ivory
Serious Films made in India since 1998 Satya (1998) Satya Lagaan (2001) Lagaan Devdas (2002) Devdas Rang De Basanti (2006) Rang De Basanti The Darjeeling Limited (2007) The Darjeeling Limited Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Slumdog Millionaire
Taj Mahal