Issues in Film Studies 2: Week 8

Popular National Cinema & Globalization: Bollywood

Issues in Film Studies 2Week 8

Pyassa (1957)

International Title: ‘Thirst’

Starring: Guru Dutt & Waheeda Rehman

From the ‘Golden Era’ of Bollywood cinema

Directed by Guru Dutt who combined artistic and popular elements in his films

The film was included in Time magazine’s ‘Top 100 Films of All Time’

Amar, Akbar, Anthony (1977)

Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna & Rishi Kapoor

The film won 3 Fanfare Awards

It was the most successful film at the Indian box office in 1977

It has been remade in a number of different Indian languages

Hum Aapke Hain Koun…! (1994)

International Title: ‘Who am I to you?’

Starring: Salman Khan & Madhuri Dixit

Contains 14 song and dance sequences

Running time: Roughly 3½ hours

By Bollywood standards, a huge box office success◦ 1.2 billion rupees in India◦ 155 million rupees abroad

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

International Title: ‘The Brave-Heart Will Take the Bride’

Starring: Shahrukh Khan & Kajol

One of the most successful Bollywood films of all time

It won 10 Fanfare Awards & the National Film Award for Best Popular Film

It has been shown continuously in Indian cinemas for over 15 years

Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

International Title: ‘Tomorrow May Never Come’

Starring: Shahrukh Kahn, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan & Jaya Bachchan

The 2nd Highest Grossing Bollywood Film of 2003 in India

Shot in New York and Toronto

Distributed in non-traditional markets

Commercially successful soundtrack

Main Hoon Na (2004)

International Title: ‘I’m Here Now’

Starring: Shahrukh Khan, Suniel Shetty & Zayed Khan

The 2nd highest grossing Bollywood film of 2004 in India

Reached the UK Box Office Top 10 on the week of its release