Monday 6 February 2017

A JOURNEY OF MOTION PICTURE IN INDIA | EP15



New age filmmakers like Anurag Kashyap, Rajkumar Hirani, Dibakar Banerjee, Vishal Bhardwaj etc. have changed the scenario. There are movies on a number of themes. There is comedy, thriller, horror, fiction, movies with social message, SCI-FI etc. Films based on real life (Biopic) are making a remarkable impact on the youth. This is the age of Remakes. Films now are considered successful if the box office collection is above 100cr.

The Era of Bollywood Cinema Evolved a lot during the 30’s decade and the 90’s decade. The thirties are recognised as the decade of social protests in the history of Indian Cinema. A number of films making a strong plea against the social injustice were also made like V. Shantaram's Duniya Na Mane, Aadmi and Padosi, Damle & Fatehlal's Sant Tukaram, Mehboob's Watan, Ek hi Raasta and Aurat.

1931 was a landmark year for the Bollywood cinema as Alam Ara. Directed by Ardeshir Irani was the first Indian sound film. Its great Hindustani dialogues and seven songs made it a big hit. Indersabha was a film directed by Jamshedji Framji Madan which included 71 songs and was a 211 minutes long movie. It was released in 1932 whereas in 1937 Kisan Kanya was the first Indian colour film directed by Moti B. Gadwani.

The 90’s decade had a great impact on the Bollywood cinema. There were some great hits in the first half of the nineties. There were also some great achievements being honoured to our Bollywood actors.

 In the 21st century there is no demarcation between the arts of commercial films. Even mainstream films avoid songs and dances if the script does not require it. But the primary reason behind the cessation of such a demarcation is the audience's readiness to accept good films without any discrimination. 

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