Bollywood History
There are millions upon millions of fans of the Indian film industry around the world. Bollywood is the term coined for the Hindi-language movie industry set in Bombay. If you hear that Bollywood is the whole movie industry in India, this is not correct. Bollywood is just part of the whole Indian movie industry.
In the next lines we are going to explain many interesting things about the Bollywood history in details. You will know about the important dates, famous actors and many other things.
The movie industry in Indian began when the Lumire Brothers arrived at this country. Their screening of six silent short films at a hotel started off this cool movement here. Raja Harishchandr was the first film released by an Indian movie producer. It was really a massive success and an inspirations for so many new directors of films that worked in this industry.
Alam Ara was the first Indian film with sound and it was a super hit in 1931. The 1940s and 1950s were years of great upheaval in the social life of India. The Second World War (1939-1945) brought a lot of pain into the life of Indians and the films here were escapist fares to help relief the burdens of war. Many directors of movies used this social situation as a backdrop in their films. The issue of casteism was addressed with the movie Achhut Kanya. It was a revolutionary movie in fact. But a patriotic movie was also released: Shaheed.
The 1950s came with color films, although many individuals continued to watch black and white films. Most of the storyboards were around romance and melodramatic themes. Among some of the famous actors we can mention Meena Kumari and Nutan. In the 1960s directors changed the theme to their films to action and this trend continued to the eartly 1990s. Some of the most famous actors are Anil Kapoor, Hema Malini and Rekha.
In the 1990s the films around family situations were very popular. Among the most successful films we can mention Diwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun. Some of the actors who bag better roles were Salman Kahn and Aamir Khan. Also comedy had a lot of attention and actors such as Govinda and Karisma Kapoor were very popular. Some independent art films started to succeed at this time.
Successful films such as Kal Ho Naa Ho and Devas in 2000 garnered a lot of attention and interest in Bollywood overseas. New faces freshened the Bollywood environment such as Rani Mukerji and Hrithik Roshan.
The history of Bollywood is very interesting. We have told you that the first movie that was screened in India came from two American brothers. Then a fever for new Indian movies started off. Some of the most famous Indian actors were Meena Kumari and Nutan in the 1950s. The themes of the Indian movies have changed a lot in terms of popularity. Bollywood is a huge success today and a lot of film producers and actors around the world want to know what is happening here.