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The article stresses on Bollywood movies, not Indian cinema.

Bollywood means Hindi films. The new films the article mentions are ones I would watch, but they offer nothing new to Indian audiences...

Its a shame the article only looked at Hindi films. As Telugu cinema seems to be growing in terms of Box-Office grosses (and I won't be surprised the moment it beats Hindi movie grosses), while Tamil, Malayalam & Bengali are top of the crop in terms of creativity and technicality. Also Indian Punjabi cinema is growing with the advent of going DTS and of using AVID editing system.


Creativity and technical finesse in Tamil films? I don't know enough about the current Malayalam and Bengali scene, but the Tamil industry seriously isn't any better than Bollywood as it always so self-righteously claims to be. It is as commercial an industry (if not more so) as Bollywood, albeit without the international appeal.


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Aryan wrote:
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The article stresses on Bollywood movies, not Indian cinema.

Bollywood means Hindi films. The new films the article mentions are ones I would watch, but they offer nothing new to Indian audiences...

Its a shame the article only looked at Hindi films. As Telugu cinema seems to be growing in terms of Box-Office grosses (and I won't be surprised the moment it beats Hindi movie grosses), while Tamil, Malayalam & Bengali are top of the crop in terms of creativity and technicality. Also Indian Punjabi cinema is growing with the advent of going DTS and of using AVID editing system.


Creativity and technical finesse in Tamil films? I don't know enough about the current Malayalam and Bengali scene, but the Tamil industry seriously isn't any better than Bollywood as it always so self-righteously claims to be. It is as commercial an industry (if not more so) as Bollywood, albeit without the international appeal.

The few Tamil films I've seen this year had relatively flashy cinematography, but the subject matter and treatment are usually pretty commercial.

Films all over India have miles to go in the sound and special effects departments, but I doubt it will spread much in Tamil and Telugu cinema, since some of the heroines are from other parts of India and don't speak the language of the film. Let's see what Mani Ratnam's Ayudha Ezhudu does for sync sound in Tamil films.

I would be content if more scripts weren't rehashes of Western films or other Indian films :(




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http://www.time.com/time/asia/photoessa ... sure1.html
TIME ASIA's 10 Films to treasure:
1) AWARA (1951)
2) MOTHER INDIA (1957)
3) PYAASA (1957)
4) GUIDE (1965)
5) ANKUR (1973)
6) SHOLAY (1975)
7) BOMBAY (1995)
8) DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE (1995)
9) DEVDAS (2002)

No disagreement so far. No mention of films on DVD.

But the # 10, is a big surprise. They recommend it as 'Must Own DVD'. They must have watched it on a 14 inch TV. They must have ignored stretched pictures from originally anamorphic DVDs.

10) CENTURY DHAMAKA (2002) Yes, they sing and dance in Indian movies. Isn't it wonderful? To put a lot of music in your life, get this DVD collection of 100 production numbers, from Guru Dutt's sublime Baazi (1951) to Khan's goofy Baadshah (1999). Eight hours of film bliss.

Mughal-e-Azam, Paakeeza, --- did not make it in their list.

Rana


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