Hindi Cinema: Special, Enthralling and Weird as Well!
No one would know if this is a real incident or a fabricated one. In the eighties, an international competition was held in India. The medals were being given to the winners by a senior accomplished actor. An international player enquired with his Indian counterpart who the chief guest was. The international player was quite surprised that an actor was handing over the medals to the winners. ”That is why you have remained backward,” he made a passing remark.
It does not matter if someone calls us backward looking or forward looking. In our country, film stars and superstars have won immense popularity and they would continue to enjoy it in future as well. It is because in India, we do not look at movies as plain movies. In India, a movie is a celebration. Indians celebrate movies on a regular basis. It does not mean that Indians watch movies all the time. However, Indians tend to do something or the other that is in some way or the other related to movies. They, at times, tend to listen to movie songs. At times, they tend to read about their favourite cine stars and now, whenever they have some free time, watch movies on their smartphones as well.
Hindi Cinema: Special, Enthralling and Weird as Well! – 3 WEIRD Hit and Run to Mollywood Indian cinema is growing as a business. However, in fact, cinema is an art and the epitome of art, they say. A question has been raised if the business of film making is harming the production of good quality cinema. Some young focused directors who concentrate on making content based, good quality cinema have
Hindi Cinema: Special, Enthralling and Weird as Well! – 2 ENTHRALLING India’s Soft Power Along with a country’s financial capability, defence power, geographical importance, its soft power is gaining importance. A Political Analyst from Harvard University, Joseph S. Nye first introduced the concept of Soft Power. A country can set up its own image at an international platform through its unique culture, traditions, expertise from the field of sports, literature
Hindi Cinema: Special, Enthralling and Weird as Well! No one would know if this is a real incident or a fabricated one. In the eighties, an international competition was held in India. The medals were being given to the winners by a senior accomplished actor. An international player enquired with his Indian counterpart who the chief guest was. The international player was quite surprised
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Hari Om Dear Friends Salman Khan in Dabangg I’m sure you are going to find this post different from the ones I have posted earlier… but, at the same time, very interesting too!! Yesterday night, around 25 of us went to watch the movie “Ek Tha Tiger” along with Bapu (Aniruddhasinh), Aai and Dada. Although the movie per se was average, Bapu (Aniruddhasinh), Aai, Dada and everyone of us thoroughly enjoyed
