History of Bollywood - BOLLYWOOD. Friday Review Chennai / Cinema : Moving with the times. Friday Review Bangalore Chennai and Tamil Nadu Delhi Hyderabad Thiruvananthapuram Moving with the times For today's audience, a film should be as long as demanded by the script. REENA KAGTI FOUR-HOUR-LONG: `Hum Apke Hain Kaun.' During a Shivaratri festival, one kept awake at night by going to a film. The film had plots within plots and ran for about five hours. No complaints Most Indian films in the past took their own time to tell a story. The average Hindi film never ran for less than three hours. Film viewers often commented on the contrast between Indian and Hollywood films, which seldom went beyond two hours. After watching the World War II classic, `From Here to Eternity' one wag commented that the film appeared to run for an eternity. Starting January 2007, there have been some significant changes in the pattern of commercial Hindi cinema. Both new and old filmmakers have taken to this trend.
No one is complaining. Sharp focus. The New Crew. Bollywood is witnessing a fresh burst of energy,thanks to a crop of young actors and directors The only thing constant about life is change,or so the saying goes. Mumbais film industry is no exception,with a new generation of directors and actors ushering in a change of guard and a fresh burst of creativity. Punit Malhotra,debutant director of I Hate Luv Storys,says this happens every decade. Ten years back,Karan Johar,Aditya Chopra,Sanjay Leela Bhansali were some of the new directors and actors who redefined filmmaking.
Now,we have Dibakar Bannerjee,Imtiaz Ali,Dev Benegal and Ayan Mukherjee who are doing that, he says. It is not just the directors who leave their impressions a new bunch of actors,from diverse backgrounds,are finding their place in Bollywood. Many of them are able to make a mark,whther or not they have the right pedigree. The scene was same on the sets of Aisha,being produced by Rhea Kapoor,the 23-year-old daughter of Anil Kapoor.
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