Bollywood Movies are not really in Hindi

the ppl at bollywood are highly inspired, they use plots from hollywood and the the dialogues are in urdu. :k:

bollywood can be original…

dancing half naked around the trees, cheesy dialogues, 3D Graphics are just one of the few features that epitomize bollywood’s origanlity and creativity :k:

^ and yet Pakistanis drop $10 or $1.50 and 3 hours to see them..

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Sad isn't it.

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Yes, sad indeed!

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I wonder why it hurts so much when you spend $10 or $1.50 to watch indian movies whereas you spend more than $10 to watch English movies. And in English movies you get to see full naked dance, 3D graphics and all that kinda stuff but yet you feel good? Why?

I think its just entertainment be it Pakistani, English, Indian or any other. There are only 2 options you either watch it (from the entertainment point of view) or you don't watch at all (from the religious point of view)

Urdu is not limited to Pakistan alone. It had origins before Pakistan, so naturally it was spoken in all those parts, and still is. A friend of mine from Hyderabad India once surprised me with his nice Urdu writing! He grew up learning Urdu. Bollywood however uses the mix Hindi-Urdu-English combination.

What difference does it make ? They will still remain Bollywood movies. Urdu, Hindi, Bangla, Tamil, Malyalam, Telugu etc are Indian languages and they all represent India and Indians some way or other.

yup! to find out the difference, one just needs to watch a movie and listen to Atal Bihaari Vajpaayi in the news; he speaks hindi! :D

^ :hehe: Well that’s nothing, try watching the Doordarshan Hindi News, even we Indians find it hard to understand :hehe:

pk taz well said broda’ urdu is 2 good to be true that’s their probs’ guess wat they even stole the word ** hindustan ** from us :hehe:

it's true....bollywood uses mostly pure urdu with a smattering here and there of some sanskrit word...not really a very true hindi/urdu/english mix as pointed out by someone....and though Urdu has been very much there in India, it'spresence there is not significant and overshadowed by the much-promoted Hindi, it however remains the mainstream language only in Pakistan AND Bollywood!.....some Indian muslim guy was telling me they even stopped giving movie titles in Urdu, even though the movie themselves and their own titles are in Urdu...!

Idiot Alert!
Idiot Alert!
Urdu being part of India! :rotfl: :rotfl:

Urdu is one of the official Indian languages.

Here is an extract from the constitution of India:

Language in India (scroll to the bottom of the page)

EIGHTH SCHEDULE
(Articles 344 (1) and 351)
Languages
[list=1]
[li] Assamese.
[/li][li] Bengali.
[/li][li] Gujarati.
[/li][li] Hindi.
[/li][li] Kannada.
[/li][li] Kashmiri.
[/li][li] Konkani.
[/li][li] Malayalam.
[/li][li] Manipuri.
[/li][li] Marathi.
[/li][li] Nepali.
[/li][li] Oriya.
[/li][li] Punjabi.
[/li][li] Sanskrit.
[/li][li] Sindhi.
[/li][li] Tamil.
[/li][li] Telugu.
[/li][li] Urdu.
[/li][/list=1]

(Note: Urdu is not intentionally mentioned at the end. The list is simply in the alphabetical order)

Urdu is a very sweet language. It is excellent for dramatic dialogues and for poetry. :k:

However, as for the bollywood language, are you sure it is mostly Urdu? Does it resemble “pure Urdu” so much? I feel Hindi and Urdu are present in equal amounts.

Urdu has been around for many centuries, and the layperson’s Hindi contains many Urdu words (and of course, nowadays English too). Spock sums it up quite nicely. :k:

The “pure Hindi” is actually quite different, and as Asif_k said, it is difficult for even Indians to understand. :slight_smile:

Re: Bollywood Movies are not really in Hindi

Actually, pk, it looks like Urdu contains quite a few words with origins in Sanskrit. :flower2:

For example, “Aap kya kar rahe hain” is a valid sentence in “pure Urdu”, isn’t it?

Now, the word “kar” comes from the Sanskrit root “kri”, which is “to do; to act”. It is used in many words in Sanskrit and Hindi. For example:

  • Karma (= “Action”, or “Deed”), as in the Hindu and Buddhist concept of “Good/ Bad Karma”
  • Kriya (= "Activity or “Process”), as in “Kriya Yoga”
  • Kurushetra ( = “Field of action”), a place in India.
  • Probably in the name “Krishna” too, since his main mesage was regarding the right “action”.

Personally, I feel we should step out of the “Us vs. Them” mindset. That is just like a person’s left arm and right arm fighting each other. Both have a lot to offer and enrich the other. It is much better to look at what has been, and what more can be, achieved together.

Peace. :flower1:

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Umair316 - You are such an ignorant fool. Good that you started with ‘IDIOT ALERT’ because otherwise people could have taken you seriously. :hehe::hehe: