BOLLYWOOD v/s HOLLYWOOD

          As we all see the movies and find a similarity between the two big film industry.Though, i tried  to find out clear difference between the two industries. Though the difference is quite clear as one is English film industry and one is Hindi film industry. But my main purpose is to find out which has progressed how much and how many milestone has been achieved by each industry.

        The main comparison between the two industries is the capital inflows and outflows. Comparison of the technology usage between the two industries. The marketing of the product, reach to global audience all these have added to competition between the two industries.

     
          But, Hollywood is way ahead in all these aspects from Bollywood. As, Bollywood is an emerging industry which has shown tremendous growth in last decade both in capital inflows and technology aspects.

But, still Hollywood films have way ahead of Bollywood films. Hollywood have action + story in there films which is worth watching. This phenomenon is adopted by the bollywood films but, still lacking in the Bollywood films. But now the films are full of action and stunts.  Here films are revolving around the hero on the old fashioned repeated tracks. I am not saying that Bollywood hasn't given good films but maximum percentage of films comprising on the same old track.

                                Talent in Bollywood films are shown time to time and  they are appreciated on the international platforms also. But, Bollywood is not able to deliver the quality product which let it stand on the same platform.

 

 taken from:-Bollywood v/s Hollywood post

	Hollywood	Bollywood
Originates	Hollywood represents the American cinema.	Bollywood represents the Hindi cinema, which is a small part of the Indian cinema.
Date of Origin	Late 1800s	Early 1900s
Language	Mostly in English, but does incorporate other languages.	Mostly in Hindi, but does incorporate other languages.
As a physical entity	Is a small community in Los Angeles, California	Does not have any physical representation.
Number of films produced annually	Approximately 500	Approximately 1200
Revenue	The highest grossing film industry.	The third highest grossing film industry.
Story	Story lines run around deeper plot lines. Story can be anything and is dependent on the writer.	Story lines have deeper plots and can be regarding different topics. Incorporates love or romance in almost all movies.
Length of the movie	Usually 1 hour to 1 ½ hours. However, some movies have also been 3 hours.	Can range anywhere from 2 to 3 hours.
Music	Incorporates background score to provide more depth to the storyline. Musicals incorporate musical and dance numbers.	Incorporates musical and dance numbers in most of the films. Also has background score.

BOLLYWOOD - A reflection of Indian Ethos

       Ethos is a Greek word meaning "character" that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community
, nation, or ideology.

              Bollywood is basically a Hindi film industry and second largest film industry after Hollywood. It is basically representing only the Hindi film industry. However, it is only a part of the large Indian film industry, which includes other production centres producing films in multiple languages.

BOLLYWOOD BUZZ

              The Indian ethos get reflected in the cracked mirror of the bollywood, sometimes realistically and sometimes elliptically. But under the glamour of realism, the harsh facts of life are removed out. This is so because however, escapist or realistic cinema may be, it cannot remain unaffected by political and social environment.

             One of the clear example of Indian ethos is reflected in bollywood is that as we all know that  the Indian society is male dominated society and in the bollywood films revolve around the male protagonist.

             Dialogues in the bollywood films are the vibrant example of the Indian ethos because, as Dialogues are usually written in Hindi or Urdu that would appeal to the largest possible audience. Some movies, however, have used regional dialects to evoke a village setting, or old-fashioned, to add a flavour of geographical area, to give a realistic look to the film so that people can relate with it and understand the purpose of the film. Films which are depicting the rural ethos like  -  Mother India, Gangs of Wasseypur , Revolver Rani,  Pan Singh Tomar, Maqbool, etc.

                    Song and dance formula depicted in bollywood films, brought out the rich variety of Indian ethos and growing existential problems of the people.

                    The most important social function of the Hindi film is its ability to act as an interface between the traditions of Indian society and the disturbing modern or Western intrusions into it. This is best depicted by the sets which creates an atmosphere of Indian culture and shows the geographical features of a particular region to be shown.

                     Music in Indian cinema is unique in its cultural implications because it spells out the Indian­ness of bollywood even when the songs or the background score are influenced and inspired.

INDIAN ETHOS

                     With the process of globalization in the 90s the whole scenario changed, including that of bollywood. The new wave films resorted to commoditization of culture while the popular ones escaped into traditionalism, family values, sanctity of relationship - in fact all those aspects of social life which came under threat as a result of marketisation, foreign television channels and displacement of indigenous industries under the onslaught of multinational companies. These films gave the audiences a false sense of security and, as a result, became highly popular. The trend was set by Sooraj Barjatia’s Hum Apke Hain Kaun which, with the help of 14 engrossing songs, created the illusion of happy joint families by glorifying wedding rituals. Ironically, in Barjatia’s  family, modernity is permissible but only in material terms- expanding business, sprawling bungalows and lavish interiors.

                     Films like Dil Wale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Dil To Pagal Hai and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai shows the code of conduct of tradition and custom like obedience to the patriarchal law, respect for elders and an overwhelming desire to belong to the fold, clan or community.

                     So, to conclude we have various examples like the dialogues, dummy sets, songs, dances and star cast which reflects the Indian ethos in every aspect of the bollywood. And, Therefore we can say that BOLLYWOOD - a reflection of Indian Ethos.