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Bollywood – Old vs. New

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Yesterday I partially watched three different Bollywood flicks.

  • Naseeb – Family separation and animosity
  • Mawali – Uncle vs niece for Zameen Zayadaad
  • Lofar – Good man against Gundas and Politicians. Police being absent

Pretty much the three themes on which most movies in 70’s & 80’s were made. Every movie would be a pure copy paste & edit of one such themes..

Then came 90’s when movies were made around teenagers falling in love..

Bollywood has come a long way since then. These days movies are not stereotyped and have refreshing themes.  More producers are willing to experiment and more and more consumers are willing to watch different themed movies.  The agent is the new urban middle class, explosion of multiplexes and advancement in technology which enables production at flexible costs.

Bollywood movies are in some terms reflection of our emerging society and culture. In 70’s and 80’s it was the angst against red tappism and crony capitalism, in 90’s it was the emergence of independence and expression of teenage love, and in 2000’s it is the emergence of new middle class and freedom of expression of different segments of the society….

 

 

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