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BOLLYWOOD

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Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for Indian languaje. It's often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema, it is only a part of the Indian film industry.

Bollywood is one of the largest film producers in the world.

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- THE HISTORY OF BOLLYWOOD -

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Raja Harishchandra, was the first silent feature film made in India. It was made by Dadasaheb Phalke. The 1930s and 1940s were tumultuous times: India was buffeted by the Great Depression, World War II, the Indian independence movement, and the violence of the Partition.

The 2000s meant a growth in Bollywood's popularity in the world. This led the filmmaking to new heights in terms of quality, cinematography and innovative story lines as well as technical quality advances.

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INDIAN FLIMS

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• Mother India (Mehboob Khan)
• Aan (Mehboob Khan)
• Andaz (Mehboob Khan)
• Sholay (Ramesh Sippy)
• Lagaan (Ashutosh Gowariker)
• Swades (Ashutosh Gowariker)
• Kal Ho Naa Ho (Nikhil Advani)
• Devdas (Sanjay Leela Bhansali)
• Black (Sanjay Leela Bhansali)
• Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Yash Johar)
• Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (Karan Johar)
• Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Karan Johar)
• Apne (Dharmender,Suny y Boby Deol)

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MIRA NAIR

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Mira Nair was born in October 15, 1957 at Rourkela, India.

She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay, won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and was also nominated for an Oscar. She often works with longtime creative collaborator, screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala, whom she met at Harvard.

At the beginning of her career as a film artist, Nair directed four documentaries. India Cabaret, a film about the lives of strippers in a Munbai nightclub, won an award at the American Film Festival in 1986.

Salaam Bombay (1988), with a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film, and won many other awards. It is today considered a groundbreaking film classic, and is standard fare for film students.

Credits;

• Munbai
• Mira Nair
• Sajay Leela Bhansail

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