By Malte, Dennis and Tim

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Definition
History
Genre conventions
Critics
Popularity

Definition
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

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

Genre conventions
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)

Critics
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

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

Our sources
www.wikipedia.en
www.topnews.in/files/Bollywood_Sign.jpg