The Defectless Bollywood Formula

So far in 2008, 97 percent of Bollywood films have flopped. Only three movies: Race, Jodhaa Akbar and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane own been hits. Mumbai Meri Jaan is also gaining ground and is steadily increasing collections due to word of mouth publicity. That said, we can pride gone all of the four films are sui generis by themselves and there is crumb remotely comparable among all these four movies.

This purely means, that there is no standard formula that can daily grind for Bollywood forthwith apart from having a bully script or engrossing and recent 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 epic and how the poor person is no more poor, but an angry burgeoning human race who is outside to gate on the system. The 80s had the "As you so, so shall you reap" topic underlining it. The 90s were approximately romance and family ties. Extract Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Dil Toh Paagal Hai, DDLL, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

On the contrary this decade from the year 2000 to 2008 has been the most challenging. There has not been a establish 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 belief of one man changing the system does not duty nowadays which is why a film agnate Halla Bol didnot achieve beefy 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 guideline now: How can you explain Dhoom 2 released in 2006, activity one of the biggest grossers in Bollywood, when blank was logical in the movie? If a slapstick "leave your brains at home" movie like Dhaamal can work, so can a thought-provoking male like Chak De. Provided the seductive Jism can work, so can a childrenā s movie allying Taare Zameen Par. It is a commendable sign of times that Bollywood is getting experimental and taking on contemporary subjects adoration we saw in Iqbal, Dor, Bheja Fry, Page 3, Taare Zameen Par and Mumbai Meri Jaan. Wish we could posses seen a lot of such things another often.

V.S.ARUNRAJ, in his entertaining blog Bollywood Trends gives a low-down on the news, views, reviews, masala and trends of the biggest and the busiest film production in the world-Bollywood

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