Bollywood and Hollywood are
both popular cinemas and their names resonate their success around the world.
Hollywood is worldwide known, whereas Bollywood is rather popular in the
eastern countries but also has been gaining popularity in many western
countries including the US. Hollywood is a term that has become synonymous with
the American cinema, while Bollywood is highly affiliated to the Indian Cinema.
Hollywood and Bollywood are two completely different cinemas that cater to
different audiences.
The following will state the major
contrasts between Hollywood and Bollywood cinema:
Origin:
The first Hollywood
film occurred in 1878 by Eadweard Muybridge, a British photographer who did
continuous shooting of the human and animalistic motion sequence.
Regarding Bollywood it was not till 1913 when the first Indian movie was
created. It was called Raja Harishchandra
The first Hollywood
movie was shot in Palo Alto, California. Nowadays, Hollywood is located in Los
Angeles. In contrast, Bollywood does
not exist in a “physical place”.
Name:
The name itself suggests that Bollywood has its origin in Mumbai (formerly called Bombay) which
is the first city where Indian cinema was introduced in. So it is basically a
combination of the “B” from Bombay and the word Hollywood.
Productions:
Hollywood shoots
less movies per year (610 in 2011) than Bollywood (~1000). So Bollywood does make more films, but
Hollywood has larger movie earnings and spends more on movie production.
Another interesting fact is that Hollywood records
on-set whereas Bollywood has playback recordings. Hollywood movies containing
singing are called musicals while
Bollywood 99% of all movies contain music and dance (~ 5-6 songs per movie)
Cast:
What is also interesting to know is that in Hollywood
movies the casting is done first and then decided whether he/she should act in
the planned movie or not.
Famous actors are e.g. Angelina Jolie,
Leonardo Di Caprio, Scarlett Johanson, Natalie Portman, Daniel Craig, Keanu
Reeves…
In Bollywood movies the actors are obtained and then the movie is made without even actually casting them.
Directors would decide to make a movie with e.g. Salman Khan and think about the movie itself afterwards.
In Bollywood movies the actors are obtained and then the movie is made without even actually casting them.
Directors would decide to make a movie with e.g. Salman Khan and think about the movie itself afterwards.
Famous actors are e.g. Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Hritik Roshan, Salman Khan and Kajol – just to name a view.
Contents and audience:
Bollywood productions are often more emotional and deeper in content than
many Hollywood productions because men are also supposed to show their feelings
here. Usually Bollywood films are supposed to entertain the whole family and
that is why there are often included songs and dancing. Because of this Bollywood
films often have a pointless bad reputation among people. Contrary, Hollywood
productions back on action, greed, sex and violence.
To sum it up, there are major differences between movies from Hollywood
and them from Bollywood, but one can agree that both have their charms that
attract millions of people to watch them. If not, they would not be that
successful.
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