Indian Movies

Let’s have some useful information about Indian Movies. India has had a flourishing film industry since the first feature-length silent film was produced in 1913. The people of India have always been deeply affected by cinematic images. Early films which portrayed religious stories often caused people to genuflect to the life-like images of gods on the screen. They would avert their eyes and fall to the floor in fervent prayer when suddenly confronted with figures which had only previously been paintings on the walls of shrines. Although the Indian film industry has a history of great cinematic works which some claim rivals that of the French, it was the big-budget musical extravaganza craze of the 1960s that helped Indian Movies finds their niche. According to one website, India is the largest producer of films in the world and hence you can find almost countless Indian Movies catering to all genre and taste.

Indian Movies maker are businessmen. Their main concern would be to make the movie a success. Definitely in order to do that they have to offer what the mass wants. Life is hard in India. Definitely the mass would want to see something different. They would seek fantasy. So in most Indian Movies you will find fantasy and family drama. But recently Indian Movies are inclined more towards so called commercial movies.

Indians are in love with Indian Movies, even though most films follow a similar format called masala (the word for a collection of spices). Indian Movies are three to four hours long (and include an intermission), include dozens of songs and dances (featuring 100 or so choreographed dancers), top stars, the story between the songs of boy meets girl (without any kissing or sexual contact), lots of action (though no bloodshed), and always - a happy ending. That is the true beauty of Indian Movies, however, if you are looking for sexual oriented Indian Movies, then chances are there that you will be disappointed as the country law doesn’t permit to do so.

Although American-made films have been edging into India, only the blockbuster Titanic has ever made India's top five list. One hundred and fifty U.S. films arrived in India in 1998. However, Indian Movies have become somewhat of an international obsession. Indian Movies are being shown in American and British theaters on a more and more frequent basis because of large population of NRIs (non residential Indians) in these countries. So wherever you find Indians, you will find a large fan club of Indian Movies. These theaters have become community foci for the South Asian communities around the world. Though separated by a vast distance from home, South Asians have found Bollywood films to be a great way of staying in touch with their culture and their fellow South Asians. The popularity of Bollywood films (Indian Movies) has soared - last June Hero No. 1 ranked 13th on the U.K. charts.

Elements of Indian Movies:

Love: The engine that drives the plot of every Indian Movies is love. The plot is usually some variation of boy meets girl, boy pursues girl but girl doesn't like boy, boy is lured away by an evil temptress, first girl realizes her love for boy and pursues boy, after a great struggle sometimes involving danger and/or dancing, boy falls for girl, they live happily ever after. Don't think for a minute that because there's love in all Indian Movies that you're going to see any sex because apparently it is strictly forbidden.

Music: In Indian Movies, where would romantic films be without the music montage? Apparently, the montage has become the most common device to show what characters are thinking about in Indian Movies. Usually one or more of the scenes involve one character fantasizing about how their life would be if they were married to their romantic interest.

Comedy: There's usually some slapstick humor and bumbling or wacky characters who pop up from time to time for a good laugh, sometimes after a scene of heavy melodrama in Indian Movies.

English: Among the legacies of British colonial rule in India are the sport of cricket and a smattering of English words which have worked their way into Indian conversation. During the Indian Movies, sometimes you can catch a few words you will understand like "please," "hello" and "excuse me," or even a brief exchange entirely in English.

Melodrama: There are plenty of soap opera-esque scenes with dramatic music and unlikely plot twists (people who were thought to be dead reveal that they have been alive under a new identity, for instance).

Another essence of Indian Movies is Morality: In addition to the lack of sex, Indian Movies have a very strong moral element. The evil characters, be they drug dealers, thieves, drinkers or people who are mean to their parents, usually get what's coming to them in the end. The hero of the film, inevitably handsome, virtuous, modest and hard-working, gets the girl and becomes materially and spiritually fulfilled because he didn't succumb to wicked temptations in most Indian Movies.