wtorek, 15 stycznia 2008

Bollywood world (Bombay)

Indians love kitsch. The best place to see that is cinema. We went there two days ago in Bombay.

Movie industry in Bombay, called Bollywood is a huge business . Since 1931 there were made more than 67000 films! A typical movie from Bollywood doesn’t have much of a plot, but instead actors are singing and dancing. There is always love (but no kissing!), there always have to be bad and a good character.

“Halla Bol”, the movie that we saw, shows a world of a Bollywood superstar. He is surrounded by luxurious cars and beautiful girls (often white cause white skin in India is a symbol of a better world) and he lives in a million dollar villa in Bombay. It’s significant fact that 55% of people in this city live in slams but Bollywood movies of course don’t show poverty.

When we left the cinema and I saw families going to sleep in their cardboard boxes on the street I felt like I’m in a different world. Indians are watching beautiful and colorful Bollywood images just to escape from their reality.

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