Bollywood Sarukaaru
By Paul
Many Indian film stars visit Maldives. As a child I grew up watching Hindi movies. I can remember watching an Indian film where one of the stars (the late Amjad Khan) is asked by a policeman in a bus to show his ticket. He responds by saying ‘Alu Sarukaaru’ (Potato Government). I don’t quite know why he said it but the only thing I can remember about that film is that statement.
Bollywood has come a long way since then. It will be difficult for someone who has not seen a Hindi movie to visualize the action and the drama that accompanies it. As Tyler Cowen mentions, "the use of color, cinematography, and orchestration of scenes will blow your mind. Allow yourself to be mesmerized. Compare them to your dreams at night, not to other movies you know..."
Another post by Tyler looks at the financing of the Indian film industry; the Indian film industry which is worth around $ 3.5 billion is financed mostly not through the banking system. The underworld seems to finance most of it.
What I don’t like of many Hindi films is that it seems obsessed with Indian nationalism. I think the Indian film industry could do much more to heal the animosity between India and Pakistan.
For more on the aesthetics of Asian film industry see this article. (The picture shows Indian film star Amrita Arora).
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