Re: Bollywood and Indian Culture
Yeah, I can now almost visualize this scene with rang-barangay duppatay fluttering in the wind and dozens of ladies and gents happily singing, clapping and dancing, some on top of a train or trucks! Haha, remember the “formula” of 80’s and 90’s movies which would feature at least one ‘dishoon dishoon’ scene as well where the hero sahab would tackle all the half-dozen mustandas single-handedly! I think in recent years, although some things like a mandatory “item number” have remained intact, big-budget Bollywood productions have abandoned ways of the past and are becoming increasingly more sophisticated. However, Lollywood never really let its* literally *done-to-death formulas go, which was perhaps a major reason why it has been rejected by the public. That and the inclusion of overweight Saima Aunty in every Lollywood movie, of course! I think as recently as just a couple of years or so ago, a low-budget movie with that failed formula of Lollywood this time featuring poor Juggan Kazim was released and it tanked on the first day in the single cinema that bothered to show it. I am forgetting the name of the movie at the moment but I think it was named something like “Main Pagal Hoon!” LOL.