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	Bollywood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bollywood and the other major cinematic hubs (Tamil - Kollywood, Telugu - Tollywood, Bengali, Kannada, and Malayalam) constitute the broader Indian film industry, whose output is the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced and in number of tickets sold.
		Bollywood is a strong part of popular culture of not only India and the rest of the Indian subcontinent, but also of the Middle East, parts of Africa, parts of Southeast Asia, and among the South Asian diaspora worldwide.
		The dancing in Bollywood films, especially older ones, is primarily modeled on Indian dance: classical dance styles, dances of historic northern Indian courtesans (tawaif), or folk dances.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bollywood (3248 words)

	List of popular Bollywood films - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The list is biased towards recent films, but this may be an advantage for some users of the list, as the recent films are more likely to be found in video rental stores.
		More complete reviews, lists of stars and director, andc., can be found by clicking on links to films that have their own pages.
		The film, especially the title song Awaara Hoon, was famously popular in China, the Soviet Union, Turkey, and much of the Mideast and Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_popular_Bollywood_films (2870 words)

	Bollywood - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Bollywood is also commonly referred to as "Hindi cinema", even though a strong case could be made that the language of the films is actually Hindustani.
		Bollywood and the other major cinematic hubs (Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu) constitute the broader Indian film industry, whose output is considered to be the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced and, possibly, number of tickets sold.
		Bollywood is the largest of the Indian regional cinemas and attracts those who have proved themselves in the smaller industries.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Bollywood (2048 words)

	GreenCine \| Bollywood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Bollywood" by some, Amitabh Bachchan has been in the industry for over 30 years and is considered one of the most popular people in the world due to the sheer enormity of India's population.
		Bollywood's younger and hipper generation includes "heart-throb" Hrithik Roshan who caused a riot among thousands of students at a movie theater in Nepal, in which two protestors were shot by the police just because the actor was misquoted as saying he didn't like Nepalese.
		Bollywood films would be barren without all the exuberant song and dance sequences, thus a lot of credit for the success of these films needs to go to the music directors.
	www.greencine.com /static/primers/bollywood.jsp (2967 words)

	List of popular Bollywood films: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		More complete reviews, lists of stars and director, &c., can be found by clicking on links to films that have their own pages.
		Shahrukh Khan (Shahrukh Khan: shahrukh khan aka srk (born november 2, 1965, new delhi, india) is a bollywood...
		Devdas (Shahrukh Khan (Shahrukh Khan: shahrukh khan aka srk (born november 2, 1965, new delhi, india) is a bollywood...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/list_of_popular_bollywood_films (2342 words)

	Wikinfo \| Bollywood
		When combined with other Indian film industries (Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada), it is considered to be the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced, and maybe also the number of tickets sold.
		Bollywood is part of the popular culture in South Asia, the Middle East, parts of Africa, parts of Southeast Asia, and among the South Asian diaspora worldwide.
		Indian film audiences expect full value for their rupees; they want songs and dances, love interest, comedy and dare-devil thrills, all mixed up in a three hour long extravaganza with intermission.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Bollywood (1708 words)

	Cinema of India -
		The Marathi film industry is also based in Mumbai, which is located on the extreme western edge of the state of Maharashtra, the rural regions of which are Marathi-speaking.
		Films like Padosan and Roja, for example, were re-made or dubbed from their original Bengali and Tamil versions respectively, into Hindi.
		Their films were showcased at government film festivals and on the government-run TV station, Doordarshan.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Cinema_of_India (1414 words)

	Cinema of India: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The industry is supported mainly by a vast film-going Indian public, though Indian films have been gaining increasing popularity in the rest of the world — notably in countries with large numbers of expatriate Indians.
		Their films were showcased at government film festivals and on the government-run TV station, Doordarshan (Doordarshan: doordarshan is a public broadcast terrestrial television channel run by prasar bharati,...
		His films played primarily to art-house audiences (students and intelligentsia) in the larger Indian cities, or to film buffs on the international art-house circuit.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/cinema_of_india (1686 words)

	rediff.com: The Rediff Year End Special 2005
		Contrary to popular belief, this was a hard list to compile.
		As opposed to the Best Films list, nominees for this one kept suggesting themselves, and for a while it looked like we were going to do a 50 Worst Films feature.
		While a few films definitely qualify for this year's crop of turkeys, we chose not to include movies with even a single redeeming virtue.
	specials.rediff.com /yearend/2005/dec/27yend1.htm (145 words)

	Films on Liberty and the State
		Though the conflict in the film is with a corporatist state, the film is a comedy and it's central focus is this quirky but loving family and their castle that is more than a house...
		This film is a melancholy, dream-like poetic film.
		Early in the film the aristocrats are out hunting with their rifles, the scene is civilized and the men are temperate and self-controlled.
	www.mises.org /film.asp (9726 words)

	Ireland Among Many Countries Wooing Bollywood
		Exotic locations, experienced film crews and tax breaks are among the incentives being offered by the Irish delegation to filmmakers in Bombay, home to the Indian film industry popularly known as Bollywood.
		Bollywood producers have already used Irish locations to shoot song and dance sequences for about a dozen films.
		Bollywood is the world's second largest film industry after America's, producing about 800 movies a year.
	www.voanews.com /english/2006-01-22-voa9.cfm (623 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Bollywood gets new UK guide
		She says that the criteria on which she chose these 100 films are varied.
		Explaining her decision not to include any silent films in her list Ms Dwyer says that she wanted to include films that are still relevant and accessible to everyone.
		She feels that one of the greatest things about the Hindi film industry is that it is part of a greater debate within the country and society.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4513014.stm (529 words)

	Boycott Bollywood - Why This Website
		However, no matter how ardent a supporter of hindi films you might be, you will have to admit that there is definitely something very wrong with these films.
		If, on the contrary, you are not convinced, please write to us and we will send you a list of films to watch which certainly will help you make up your mind.
		Bollywood and bad - we are perhaps the first group of people to criticise the commercial hindi film industry using the Internet.
	members.tripod.com /~boycottB/whypage.htm (582 words)

	WFF Media and Popular Culture Project
		We would like to educate and encourage constructive popular music trends such as questioning some aspects of the present world order, while discouraging negative and stupid trends such as the lack of respect for women.
		In the case of film, we are looking at how film has been used as a tool of social commentary as well as the relationship of certain aspects of film to the world of ancient mythology.
		These games combine skills from the worlds of film, music and comics to create a truly interactive culture where the viewer is an active participant in a world of virtual reality.
	www.worldfuturefund.org /Projects/wffculture.htm (1418 words)

	Amazon.com: Bollywood: The Pocket Essential (Pocket Essentials (Trafalgar)): Books: Ashok Banker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Each film receives a page or two of attention which includes the title, production date, producer, director, major cast, "ishtory" which is a description of the story, comment, highlights, "more like this," and a "Kiss-Kitsch Rating." I wish they would explain what this Kiss-Kitsch Rating means, but they don't.
		I wish the book had done more to explain why Bollywood films are the way that they are, and had sections on the major directors and performers rather than just on the films.
		Among the films described are: "Pyassa," "Sangam," "Awara," "Mother India," "Kanoon," "Jewel Thief," "Upkaar", "Padosan," "Johnny Mera Naam," "Mera Naam Joker," "Zanjeer," "Bobby," "Deewar," "Amar Akbar Anthony," "Trishul," "Arth," "Betaab," "Ankush," "Ghayal," "Roja," "Bandit Queen," "Rangeela," "Sarfarosh," "Mohabbatein," and "Lagaan." Yes, those are mostly the shorter titles.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1903047455?v=glance (776 words)

	BBC News \| ENTERTAINMENT \| Bollywood star tops the poll
		His placing in the Your Millennium vote as the greatest star of stage or screen, and the placing at number 10 of another Bollywood star, Govinda, is a reflection of the huge popularity of Indian films.
		Bombay's film industry is one of the biggest in the world, each year producing more than 1,000 films which are seen in Russia, China, Africa and the Middle East.
		But last year the film Dil Se was a box office hit, the first Bollywood production to make it into the UK top 10, despite being considered a flop in India.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/381017.stm (439 words)

	CGTalk - Bollywood films on US cable network
		The Hindi film industry's popularity in the US has been on the rise.
		Bollywood films, with their colourful music videos and varied genres, are becoming popular with audiences outside the South Asian community.
		The films to be shown in November are "Aankhen", "Deewana Mastana", "Ghayal", "Hera Pheri", "Judaai" and "Kuch To Hai".
	forums.cgsociety.org /showthread.php?t=185536 (294 words)

	WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Honeymooners Recast for the 21st Century
		American films used to be an advertisement for life in the states -- there was sophistication, depth, the allure of a cool, complex manner.
		At a time when the best rapper in the world may be a white guy and the best golfer in the world may be a fl guy, it should not be surprising that the roles of two men who think their middle-class aspirations are just one caper away from fulfillment are fl.
		Dublin.)The film also promises to become a milestone in a process that is slowly prying some of the strongest fl film talents out of a cinematic urban ghetto and bringing them into the mainstream.
	www.worldchanging.com /archives/001602.html (2861 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film \| Features \| Bollywood gambles on Kazaa
		Bollywood movie fans will soon be able to download full-length features with the file-sharing software Kazaa.
		The move follows a pilot scheme in November when Bollywood thriller Supari was offered for sale at US$2.99 (£1.69) and promoted through Kazaa prior to its release in India.
		This deal is expected to bypass the complicated and expensive film distribution system in the country.
	film.guardian.co.uk /bollywood/story/0,11871,1112281,00.html (185 words)

	BollyWHAT?? presents THE BOLLYWOOD FAQs
		Though DVDs have improved matters, often it is still difficult to find Bollywood films with subtitles (and when one does, these subtitles tend to be illegible or inadequate).
		Bollywood Biographies presents biodata, filmographies, and a compendium of scandals for each of your favorite stars, patched together from a wide variety of old and new interviews and magazine articles.
		Also, Bollywood plays to a diverse range of people, from the illiterate and provincial to the worldly and urban.
	www.bollywhat.com /faq.html (1785 words)

	Bollywood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Rich, jet-set Indians these days seem to speak only English as a fashion statement, while a majority of the urban middle-class are educated in english schools and are as much at home speaking it as their mother-tongue.
		It is not uncommon to find bi-lingual or tri-lingual Indians in the cities and a mixture of English and an Indian language (usually Hindi) is often the mode of conversation at workplaces; Bollywood films set in this milieu often feature dialogues studded with English words and phrases, even whole sentences.
		There were K. Saigal, Suraiyya and Noor Jehan before him but they weren't required to do the gravity-defying, body-bending dance moves that today's actors are expected to perform on screen.
	www.netkushi.com /articles/bollywood.php (2306 words)

	Same tree, different branch \| MetaFilter
		Bollywood is also apparently embracing P2P file sharing.
		The movie was so popular with the Indian audience that it ran for seven years at a theater in Bombay.
		Anyhoo, Shalimar: ' Someone's fevered imagination decided to combine the "B" film worlds of Bollywood and Hollywood and create a hybrid film that probably should have been drowned at birth, but I am grateful it wasn't as it manages to be so uniquely silly that it's wonderful in a warped sort of way.'
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/30469 (559 words)

	TIME.com Print Page: -- Bollywood FAQs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		First would come the star actors, often listed in order not of their star power or importance in the film, but by age.
		A half-dozen Hindi films, from Raj Kapoor-Nargis "Chori Chori" (1956) to the Aamir Khan-Pooja Bhatt "Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin" (1991), are uncredited, unpaid-for remakes of the 30s Oscar-winner "It Happened One Night," right down to the rich girl's jumping from her yacht into the water and the poor guy's attempt to thumb a ride.
		Readers are encouraged to list a few famous films I haven't mentioned, and to explain how the world's largest movie industry (Bollywood) gets to steal so regularly and blithely from the world's most popular one (Hollywood).
	www.time.com /time/columnist/printout/0,8816,471885,00.html (3630 words)

	ABC News: Will Smith Enticed by Bollywood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Smith said he'd like to explore a possible collaboration between Hollywood and Bollywood, as India's film industry is known.
		He also said he was a fan of India's most popular actor, Amitabh Bachchan.
		The first Indian film he saw was "Sarkar" or "Boss," in which Bachchan plays an underworld kingpin.
	abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=1653669 (329 words)

	Amazon.com: Bollywood (Routledge Film Guidebooks): Books: T. Ganti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		"Bollywood" - once a tongue-in-cheek term used by the English-language media in India - has become the dominant global term to refer to the prolific Hindi language film industry located in Bombay (renamed Mumbai in 1995).
		In Bollywood, anthropologist and film scholar Tejaswini Ganti provides a guide to the cultural, social and political significance of Hindi cinema, outlining the history and structure of the Bombay film industry, and its impact on global popular culture.
		The major films chapter provides a very useful filmography that gives the neofit a very interesting selection of films to get to know Bollywood thru the ages.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0415288541?v=glance (873 words)

	NPR : Kronos Quartet's 'Stolen Heart' with Asha Bhosle
		World Cafe, October 5, 2005 · The Kronos Quartet has just completed an album of Bollywood film music, You've Stolen My Heart, featuring the vocals of Asha Bhosle.
		A superstar of Indian film, Bhosle is among the biggest-selling recording artists of all time.
		Burman, a prolific and popular figure in India and around the world, created music for some 300 films.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4946448 (278 words)

	Q&A: A Bollywood Movie Queen Comes West - Newsweek Entertainment - MSNBC.com
		Since being crowned “Miss World” in 1994, the emerald-eyed beauty has starred in over 30 blockbuster Bollywood movies, been the face of Pepsi and L’Oreal in India and last year became the first Indian actor to be a judge at the Cannes Film Festival.
		Now 31, Rai is the Hindi film industry’s highest paid star, the object of more than 17,000 Web sites and has been dubbed "the most beautiful woman in the world" by none other than Julia Roberts.
		In this film, she was working with actors from three film industries—Indian, British and American—and getting the opportunity to cover those three cultures as well as getting to shoot the film in those three parts of the world.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6622282/site/newsweek (1362 words)

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