Bollywood Obsessed

Ever since Nia was introduced to Bollywood dancing at the Holi Festival a month ago she’s been Bollywood obsessed. We now listen to Bollywood music in the car, watch one or two Bollywood music videos a night and practice our dance moves daily. Although I’m getting bollywooded-out, I have to admit…. I like the girl’s passion. She was thrilled to find out that one of the after-school activities offered at school is Bollywood Dance, so hopefully she’ll get to be in a Bollywood dance number sometime in the near future!

For today’s post, I thought I’d enlighten you about the Bollywood Film industry a bit and share 3 of Nia’s favorite Bollywood music videos.

Let’s start with a definition. Bollywood means films produced by the Mumbai Film industry, primarily in the Hindi language, that prominently feature song and dance numbers. 

10 Interesting facts about the Bollywood film industry:

1. The India Cinema industry produces nearly 1600 films a year – double the number of releases in the USA. However, India movies make just a fraction of the box office earnings that US films do.
2. Bollywood films represent only about 20% of the total film output of India.
3. A movie ticket costs the equivalent of a day’s wages for a typical Indian ($1-3).
4. The average Bollywood film is 3-4 hours long with an intermission.
5. There are 6-10 musical numbers per film typically.
6. Hindi is the primary language of Bollywood cinema.
7. While the actors do wear revealing clothing, there is no blantant sexual contact (ie: kissing, taking off clothes, etc)
8. The songs are typically pre-recorded by professional singers and then lip-synched by the actors.
9. There is never violence or bloodshed in Bollywood films.
10. Happy endings are a must!

Nia’s Top 3 Bollywood Music Videos:

 

And in case you missed it the first time, here’s our little future Bollywood Star!

References:

• https://www.thoughtco.com/bollywood-and-geography-1434494
• https://www.justlanded.com/english/India/India-Guide/Culture/Bollywood
• https://jillbrary.wordpress.com/bollywood-and-libraries/brief-history-of-bollywood/