A JOURNEY OF MOTION PICTURE IN INDIA | EP10

Now, the Indian cinema has reached the new level and a revolution of sorts has happened in terms of defining glamour, entertainment, commercial values, budgeting, marketing and box office reports. Today Indian Cinema ,especially, Hindi cinema is not only popular in India but in parts of the Middle East, Pakistan, UK and every other place where Indians live. Major global studios such as 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros are investing in Indian cinema because of which Indian cinema has reached to Global level but at the start of the year 2000 it was a different ball game altogether.

The star I gave a hint about in my last blog is Mr. Amitabh Bachchan (Big B), after being a superstar for almost 2 decades it was a shocker for him to see his stardom sway away and go bankrupt. Trying his luck in production Big B failed miserably and strived to revive his acting career but apart from Suryavansham in 1999 no other film worked. Hoping the year2000 would bring back his fortune soon tables turned when Aditya Chopra’s Mohabbatein hit the theatres and became an instant hit.

Followed with more hits Big B’s career revived and experimented with many of his characters. Now it was time for some fresh talent to enter and sooner arrived Hrithik Roshan with his director dad Rakesh Roshan launched him in a cult hit Kaho Na Pyaar Hai opposite Ameesha Patel. A classy romantic tale starring a handsome hunk quickly established a bond with the audience and it became the highest grossing film of the year 2000 with as many awards.

The twenty-first century has brought a major change in films. Let’s talk about in the next episode.

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A JOURNEY OF MOTION PICTURE IN INDIA | EP9

As the year 1990 arrived there were variety of films that released and made mark but before we speak about that landmark film this era was stolen by only one man and that’s none other than Govinda. As an actor, Govinda might have gone under the curtains now and probably lost his charm but it was his decade that made him a superstar, a superstar gone unnoticed is an unfortunate mole in Govinda’s career.

Over a decade Govinda acted in 65 films with almost every movie being a hit. Starting his career with LOVE 86 and ILZAAM he didn’t look back after that. A master of comedy timing and exquisite dance were his major highlights in the 1990’s. With HERO NO.1, AANKHEN, BETA HO TOH AISA being hits the late 1990s was dominated by the king of the bollywood MR.SHAHRUKH KHAN.

SRK (Shah Rukh Khan) made his debut in the early 70’s in the television industry and came to be known by the names of Rahul and Raj from his Films Kuch Kuch hota hai and DDLJ (Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge). Other actors like AKSHAY KUMAR,AJAY DEVGAN, SALMAN KHAN, AMITABH BACHCHAN, SUNNY DEOL also did their share to make 90’s its best commercial year with BORDER and DILWALE DULHANIYA LE JAYENGE topping its charts and DDLJ breaking all records 90’s was a turning point for SRK’s career. As of 13 April 2007, the film's initial theatrical release lasted 600 weeks that is more than 11 years making it a world record.

Catching up with the world cinema Indian film industry was finding its own roots in people’s heart. The actors were preparing themselves for a new age and century altogether. Twentyfirst century was challenging for survival and ones who faded away how did they comeback, if you know whom I am talking about stay tuned to know about him.

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