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There is a famous saying that goes like this - “Movies are the reflection of a society”.This saying completely reflects the current situation of the Indian Film Industry, also known as ‘Bollywood’. Approximately 800 movies are produced by the Indian Film Industry, making it the largest film producing nation, leaving behind the likes of Hollywood. Talking about the Indian Film Industry, the fusion of numerous cultures and religion is clearly reflected in the movies produced over here. The industry that over the time span of 50 years has delivered masterpieces like Mehboob’s khan ‘Mother India’, Kaifi Azmi’s ‘Mughal-e-Azam, Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s ‘Parinda’ and more recently the likes of ‘Taare Zameen Par’ by Aamir khan and ‘MunnaBhai MBBS’ & ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ by Rajkumar Hirani clearly proves that today Indian film industry is a reckoning force on the international film circuit. With new blood pouring in and the old stalwarts living up to their names, Bollywood over the past few years has undergone a radical transformation. That’s not all, directors like Sanjay Leela Bhansali (maker of critically acclaimed ‘Black’) and Sanjay Gupta (maker of ‘Kaante’ and ‘Zinda’) who is also known as the desi ‘Quentin Tarantino’, are making sure that they experiment with newer subjects and explore new genres. Even the likes of Imtiaz Ali (Jab We Met, Socha Naa tha), Abhishek Kapoor (Rock On!) and not to forget Farhan Akhtar who has the likes ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, ‘Lakshya’ and ‘Don’, has simply proved to be awesome when it comes to film making. As far as comedy movies are concerned, Rohit Shetty, the brain behind the ‘Golmaal’ and ‘Sunday’ has redefined the genre of comedy films. When comedy films are being considered, who can afford to overlook the contribution of Priyadarshan to Bollywood, who is rated as one of the finest comedy filmmaker. ‘Hera Pheri’, ‘Garam Masala’, ‘Bhagam Bhag’ and more recently ‘Dhol’ are some of the incredible examples of his ability to churn out hit comedy blockbusters every time he goes behind the camera. This was just a glimpse of the rich past of the Indian film industry. The bright future is yet to hit the screens in the late 2008. With Aamir Khan’s ‘Ghajini’ and Shahrukh Khan’s ‘Rab ne bana di jodi (which also marks the return of Aditya Chopra into the main stream commercial cinema after the hiatus of nine years), clash of titans is guaranteed on the silver screen. If that was about the Bollywood movies, then even Hollywood is not far behind. The latest Hollywood movies being ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Wanted’ doing reasonably well on the International film circuit, Hollywood has retained its position of producing the sizzling blockbusters every time. Not only that things are looking exceedingly promising for Hollywood, with ‘Quantum of Solace’ (James Bond’s 22nd film) set to hit the screens in first week of November, 2008, Hollywood film makers have every reason to smile.

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So far in 2008, 97 percent of Bollywood films have flopped. Only three movies: Race, Jodhaa Akbar and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane have been hits. Mumbai Meri Jaan is also gaining ground and is steadily increasing collections due to word of mouth publicity. That said, we can find out all of the four films are unique by themselves and there is nothing remotely similar among all these four movies.

This purely means, that there is no standard formula that can work for Bollywood now apart from having a good script or engrossing and fresh content. The 50s and the 60s dealt with the wickedness of money and how the poor man is always crumpled by the rich. The 70s dealt with loss and found saga and how the poor man is no more poor, but an angry young man who is out to take on the system. The 80s had the “As you so, so shall you reap” theme underlining it. The 90s were about romance and family ties. Remember Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Dil Toh Paagal Hai, DDLL, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

However this decade from the year 2000 to 2008 has been the most challenging. There has not been a set Bollywood trend that can be lapped up. Audiences are impatient, finicky and want something that can entertain and not tax the brain a lot. The concept of one man changing the system does not work nowadays which is why a movie like Halla Bol didnot do well in 2008.

A movie which runs for a couple of weeks and recovers investment spent on producing and marketing is termed as a hit, forget the silver jubilee run.There is no set standard now: How can you explain Dhoom 2 released in 2006, being one of the biggest grossers in Bollywood, when nothing was logical in the movie? If a slapstick “leave your brains at home” movie like Dhaamal can work, so can a thought-provoking subject like Chak De. If the seductive Jism can work, so can a children’s movie like Taare Zameen Par. It is a good sign of times that Bollywood is getting experimental and taking on fresh subjects like we saw in Iqbal, Dor, Bheja Fry, Page 3, Taare Zameen Par and Mumbai Meri Jaan. Wish we could have seen a lot of such things more often.