Bollywood Style
 |
| No items matching your keywords were found. |
Bollywood Style
Bollywood - Cinema of Melodramatic Musicals
Melodrama and music are key ingridients of Bollywood. Very few movies, mostly parallel cinema, try to be different - but mainstream film makers and masses both love the 'masala'. And why not, if rightly positioned, a few melodramatic scenes or a few good songs and vibrant dance sequences can make the movie a runaway success at box office.
Mingling the music and melodrama in a movie elegantly is an art - there may exist so called 'formulas' which sell, but they alone can't gaurantee a well made and hit movie - it requires creativity, innovation and knack of combining these elements together in a wholesome package which satisfies. And the art lies in doing this well... Movies like Sholay, Shaan, Om Shanti Om and Singh is Kinng got the mix right, while there have been many forgotten ones like Drona which couldn't. And the onus of getting it right not only depends on the movie makers, but also on the actors - some like Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan just know how to do it right everytime.
'Bollywood style' movies have their origins in early Indian and folk theatre which presented larger than life characters, situations and fantasies. These theatrical works used to be musicals too. Its this world of dreams that Bollywood has taken inspiration from. Larger than life imagery, characters, fantasies and dreams sell like hot cakes in a country where many times its difficult to find anything else than movies to add the zing and spice to monotonous daily lives.
Bollywood - the cinema of excesses has received both criticism and praise for its distinctive style. To be fair, it’s not only India that fabricates and consumes melodrama in movies,Hollywood too is a big sucker for larger than life unreal imagery. All superhero movies, be it latest Batman or Die Hard, rely on unreal power packed dialogues, situations and action - all delivered with the 'extra' punch. The song and dance sequences may seem funny, but they are often times the much needed relief from rally of dialogues and render the movie enjoyable. These can be ‘very much fun’.
Even though the ‘masala’ in Bollywood never goes out of fashion, but this should not limit the film makers from looking beyond this distinctive style. Experimentation is essential to every art form – the imagination should never be limited and the canvasses’ layout should change and evolve. And this for the sake of progress in art and the spirit of creativity…
About the Author
The author is an avid fan and follower of Bollywood movies, and has written several movie reviews and articles on Bollywood. Recommends websites: Doctorflix; Indimine
what are the different dance styles of bollywood?
how would you describe the differnt/distinctive dance styles that exist in bollywood? how have they come to be? how have they changed over time?
well since there are so many different indian cultures, there are different dances for each of them, for example theres like bhangra from punjab, kathak which is that pure classical dance..this came from south india. The arabics brought belly dancing with them, so we have indian versions of that. Basically indian dancing is supposed to be done with a partner.. like theres this gujrati dance called dhandiya..where you have two sticks sort of like nun chuks without the chain in the middle, and you basically hit them agaisnt the sticks of the other person while turning and only hitting them together with the beats
eventually.. like all this hip hop and now even hispanic music and culture has influenced indian dances..so now a normal dance wud be a mixture of everything like normal here..but less hmm (cant think of the right word) eratic.
♥ Bollywood Style - Hona Tha Pyaar ♥