Hindi Film

Introduction

Hindi Cinema, sometimes referred to as Bollywood Film Industry, is the Mumbai-based Film Business that produces Hindi-Language Motion Pictures. Bollywood, as it is often known, is a combination of "Hollywood" and "Bombay," the previous name for Mumbai. The sector is a component of the broader Indian Film Industry, which also include the smaller South Indian and other film industries.

Since the 1970s, the Masala Film has been the most widely watched commercial genre in Hindi Movie. It features a free mash-up of action, humor, romance, drama, melodrama, and musical numbers.  Masala Films are categorized as musical films, of which Indian cinema has been the biggest producer since the 1960s, when it surpassed the entire musical production of the American Film Industry following the demise of musical films in the West. The first Feature-Length Film produced in India is Dadasaheb Phalke's Silent Film Raja Harishchandra (1913).

Challenges of Hindi Cinema

India was battered by the Great Depression, World War II, the Indian independence movement, and the carnage of the Partition during the turbulent 1930s and 1940s. Many of the early  Bombay filmmakers handled difficult societal themes or utilized the war for Indian independence as a background for their films, despite the fact that the majority of these works were blatantly escapist. Kisan Kanya, the First Hindi Color Picture was directed by Irani in 1937. He created a colored version of Mother India the next year. However, it wasn't until the late 1950s that color became popularity.

Filmmaking talent migrated from film production centers like Lahore and Calcutta, which suffered the brunt of the partition violence, to the Republic of India and Pakistan following the country's 1947 division. Film actors, film directors, and film musicians from Bengal, Punjab and the North-West Frontier Province were among them. These occurrences strengthened the Bombay Film Industry is standing as India's leading hub for film production.

 Golden Age OF Hindi Cinema (1940s – 1960s):

Film historians refer to the years after India's independence, from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, as the Golden Age of Hindi Cinema. During this period, some of the most highly regarded  Hindi films ever made were made. Awaara (1951) and Shree 420 (1955), directed by Raj Kapoor and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas; Pyaasa (1957) and Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), directed by Guru Dutt and starring Dilip Kumar; and Aan (1952), directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Dilip Kumar are a few examples.

Classic Hindi Movie (1970s-1980s):

The term "Bollywood" was first used in the 1970s, when the rules governing Commercial Hindi Filmmaking were established. In The Masala Movies, which blends several genres (action, comedy, romance, drama, melodrama, and musical), was essential to this. Throughout the 1970s, a number of Hindi Movie Directors, including Govind Nihalani, Shyam Benegal, Mani Kaul, Kumar Shahani, Ketan Mehta, and Vijaya Mehta, produced realistic Parallel Films.

New Hindi Cinema (1990s- 2020s):

Due to public worries about rising violence, a drop in musical quality, and an increase in video piracy, Hindi film had another period of box office downturn in the late 1980s. The release of movies like Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), which combined family fun, youthfulness, and catchy music to entice people back to the big screen, marked a turning point in The Film Industry. It revived the model for Bollywood musical romance movies, which went on to characterize Hindi cinema in the 90s.

The 2000s witnessed a surge in the global recognition of Bollywood thanks to the expansion of NRI and Desi populations abroad. The Indian film industry reached unprecedented heights in terms of production values, Cinematography, and Scripting, as well as technological advancements in fields like special effects and animation, thanks to the country's expanding economy and the growing demand for high-quality entertainment in this age. In New Contemporary Films were produced by some of the biggest production firms, including Dharma Productions and Yash Raj Films.

Influences of Hindi Cinema on Global Film Industry

India has used Hindi films as a major tool of soft power to expand its influence and alter opinions about the country abroad. According to author Roopa Swaminathan, "Bollywood cinema is one of the strongest global cultural ambassadors of a new India." Its role in expanding India's global influence is comparable to Hollywood's similar role with American influence. The revival of the American Musical Film was greatly aided by the impact of Hindi Motion Pictures, which started to have an impact on Western Musical Films in the 2000s.