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Bollywood
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| India remains the largest film producer
of the world, producing an average of 1000 films a year.
Since 1931, when the talkies were introduced, India has
produced more than 67,000 films in 30 languages. Today
Bollywood - the Hindi cinema counterpart of Hollywood
- is no longer the curry kitsch of the past; it has gathered
a large worldwide audience, especially among the NRI's.
Through its international quality and blend of the East
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| Bollywood has come a long way since
1896 when soundless movies made its advent into India
with the Lumiere Brothers. "Raja Harishchandra"
in 1913 made by the legendary Dadasaheb Phalke heralded
the birth of the Indian film industry. Today popularly
known as Bollywood |
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| Some rules remain unchanged in Bollywood
- the Hindi cinema equivalent of Hollywood. Actors still
break into a song. Though the venue is a discotheque.
Today songs are played at weddings, festivals, nightclubs,
cutting across the numerous ethnicities and lifestyles
of Indians, as well as the Indian diaspora spread across
the globe. Demonstrating that westernization need not
affect the Indian identity.
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