Everyone has heard of Tom Cruise, Leonardo Dicaprio, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman, but what about Aishwaya Rai, Dilip Kumar and Sunil Dutt?
These names may not mean much to you, but for millions of movie-goers they are household names, they are stars of Indian movies. Many of these movies are made in Bombay; now often know as “Bollywood”. India produces 900 full-length feature films a year, compared with Hollywood’s 300.These movies are not only seen by India’s huge population of one billion people but by many Indian communities in many other parts of the world.
In Britain alone there are two million Asian British.
Most of them are fans of Bollywood Movies
Indian movies are very different from the typical Hollywood blockbuster. They offer romance but no sex, stylized violence, dance and music. No one seeing a Bollywood movie wants to feel depressed so there is always a happy ending. Where boy gets girl and the hero triumphs over hardened criminals .And no Bollywood movie is a Blockbuster unless it is seen by at least 100 million people.
The latest development of the Indian movie business is a new 24-hour satellite channel.B4U (Bollywood for you).This channel will broadcast Indians programs to millions of fans at home as well as in other countries where there is an audience; it will also give them a wide variety of entertainment, documentary and news programs. It really will contain something for everybody!
