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Bollywood has a proud history of almost hundred years. What had started as a small step in form of ‘Raja Harishchandra’ has turned out to be a behemoth. Bollywood definitely had a wonderful and memorable journey. And the best part of all, we are still counting. Now when Indian film industry has started to garner huge attractions in world cinema circuit, things are looking even rosier. The first sound film of India was ‘Alam Ara’ and it had done exceptional business and that was followed by thousands more. Hindi film industry has given numerous hits that are still watched with undivided attention. Films like ‘Sholay’, ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’, ‘Hum Aapke Hein Kuan’, ‘Maine Pyar Kia’, ‘Lagaan’ and ‘Ghazini’ etc have made phenomenal business and mind it; this is just a select group of names. Now Indian movies are also being accepted on world scale and in coming time, world market for Indian movies is far going to outweigh domestic market.

A little unknown fact about bollywood is that it is one of the biggest employment generation industries of the Indian economy. Now, that gives Hindi movie industry a much respected weightage. Changing preferences of movie-goers have made this industry even more lucrative. Emergence of new technologies has created several new job opportunities for people interested in making careers in Bollywood.

Bollywood is a synonym for uninterrupted fun and entertainment. Movies are said to be the biggest passion of India. People still flock to see first day-first show movie release in different parts of India. If you have to see people behaving crazily for their favourite movie stars then go to any part of Southern India. Indian movies have an everlasting presence in our lives.    

As mentioned in the first post of this ‘wonderful site’, Hindi cinema started its journey with the release of movie ‘Alam Ara’ in 1930s. What sets this period apart is emphasis on social themes. These themes were represented as a voice against the regressive norms and culture of soicety. Alam Ara was followed by several socially relevant themes like Damle & Fatehlal’s Sant Thukaram, Mehboob’s Watan, Ek hi Raasta and Aurat, V.Santharam’s Duniya Na Mane, Aadmi and Padosi and Franz Osten’s Achut Kanya. The last one mentioned was against the caste system starring Ashok Kumar and it was a mega hit.

Next decade had the same nucleus of socially relevant themes but with expanded focus on entertainment as well. Technology was a constraint and yet bollywood gave viewers many movies to cherish and rejoice. Some of the famous ones were, Mehboob’s Roti, Sohrab Modi’s Sikander, Pukar and Prithvi Vallabh, Shantharam’s Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar, Abbas’s Dharti Ke Lal, Uday Shanker’s Kalpana, J.B.H. Wadia’s Court Dancer, Vijay Bhatt’s Bharat Milap, S.S. Vasan’s Chandralekha, and Rajkapoor’s Barsaat and Aag to name a few. The legends of Indian cinema like Raj Kapoor, Mehboob, Shantharam etc arrived with a bang. But it was just the beginning of a great period of amazing movies.

One great talent was also making a silent entry into the mesmerising world of Indian cinema. He was none other than Satyajit Ray who single-handedly gave a new direction to Indian cinema. His biggest contribution was to make Indian cinema knonw to the world. He gave classical ones in 1950s and the themes were based on neorealism. 1950s also witnessed cinemas like V. Shantharam’s Do Aankhen Barah Haath and Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje, Rajkapoor’s Boot Polish, Shri-420 and Jagte Raho, Mehbood’s Mother India, Bimal Roy’s Do Bigha Zamin, Devadas and Madhumati, B.R. Chopra’s Kanoon and Gurudutt’s Pyaasa and Kagaz Ke Phool.