Impact of Cinema and Bollywood on Society and Indian Culture
1. Topic: Impact of Cinema and Bollywood on Society
and Indian Culture
Name: Rasila Jambucha
Semester: 4
Paper: 14 Mass Media and Communication
Roll no: 22
Year: 2013-2015
Submitted to: Smt. S.B.Gardi,
Department of English
M. K. Bhavnagar University
2. Impact of Cinema and Bollywood on Indian culture
cinema – most powerful media for mass
communication
before cinema – drama, stage acting
replaced by small screen productions
- televised serials and programmers replacing
craze
3. Impact of Cinema and Bollywood on Indian culture
influences on popular Indian fashion
Outfit by an actor or actress in a hit movie
immediately become a trend
designs are named and famous after movie
i.e. Anarcali suit (Mughal-e-Azam)
Jodha Akbar (in jewelry)
4. Negative impact of cinema and Bollywood on
society and Indian culture
Bollywood is promoting western life style
youth follow it like it is some holy Gita, Quran, or
Bible
film industry affects the youth a lot
- now days movies are without stories, logics,
completely vulgar
- showing unreal & impossible scenes (people are
crazy behind these)
5. youth – going to bar, drinking, smoking is cool
- those who do not do – not enjoying life
traditionally dressed boys or girls – old models,
villagers
spoiling the youth life
- use of bad language
- how to flirt with girl
children's are influenced by bad parts
movie shows, extra marital affairs,
prostitution, smuggling, gambling etc.
presenting women as an object
6.
7. Positive impact of cinema and Bollywood on
society and Indian culture
Raised the issue of
Widow’s remarriage
9. Give voice to youth angst
about the nation’s corrupt
politics and politicians
10. in some movies, women as strong –independent
character, make decision for her self
some movies gives knowledge
i.e. 3 idiots, Tare zamen par
contribute in issues – literacy, poverty, dowry
etc.
11. conclusion
every movie has good and bad things – depends
on your mind how to take it
positive side – moral message or discuss about
some contemporary issue
negative side –no logic, use of “item dance”