Era of Bollywood

History

Existence of word “BOLLYWOOD”

Introduce to screen cinmatography

Era to talkies

Golden age 1950’s to 1960’s

1950’s to 1960’s

Notable actors

Dilipkumar Rajkapoor Nargis Dutt Madhubala Mumtaz

Movies

Black and white

Story-centric, focusing on realism

Social commentary and global recognition

Epic films become a genre

Social themes with urban working-class and/or rural India

From romance to masala (1970’s-early 1980’s)-”dishum dishum”

Represented the struggles of lower class Represented corruption in society Hoped for the “knight in shining armor” to solve the

miseries Male actor dominated movies – very few meaningful roles

for women actors Rajesh Khanna started the 1970s as the romantic hero and Amitabh Bachchan - the angry young man - reigns

supreme Some art movies break-through

Notable Actors

Amitabh Bachchan Rekha Sanjeev Kumar Amjad Khan Zeenat Aman Rishi Kapoor Shashi Kapoor Jeetendra Mithun Chakraborty Sridevi Naseerudin Shah Hema Malini Shabana Azmi

Technology

Indian cinema changed again in 1990’s

Investment from corporate

Focus to aesthetic appeal

Golden appeal

Global mass at 21st century Investment made by global studios for ex.

1995’s to 2006

More focus on youth, with college students becoming increased subjects

Newer generation of actors and actresses coming into prominence

Even commercial cinema becoming more artistically inclined

Current era

More focused on dressing, glamorous

No story Some where

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