BOLLYWOOD BIOGRAPHY

Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry (most famously known as Bollywood) was born in the early years of silent film resurgence in Europe and United States. Fueled by the technical inventions of the west, and the huge potential to easily entertain large amounts of people, India and surrounding regions quickly formed their own bastions of movie production, which remain largely ignored by the rest of world's population for decades to come. As their popularity grow, movies created in the Mumbay's reached the number of 200 annual movies, and birthing the nickname for this movie industry – Bollywood (similar nickname "Tollywood" was first taken by the cinema of West Bengal, but it was soon adapted by (Bombay) cinema fans). West continued to ignore cinema efforts of Indian filmmakers, but they acknowledged them when India managed to overtook America as the biggest producer of movies in the world. From the first Bollywood movie ever created to today, Indian cinema used mix of influences that were gathered from their long history, with a touch of outside trends taken from Hollywood and later on global Television channels. Six major influences made the Bollywood what it is today: Tradition of Indian epics such as Mahabharata and Ramayana, especially their narrative styles (side story, back story, extensive sub-plots). Sanskrit theatre that was popular in India until 10th century AD. This gave Bollywood movies a sense of spectacle, dance, music and artistic gestures. Traditional folk theatre of India that became popular after the decline of Sanskrit theatre. Parsi theatre, which gave Indian movies sense of humor, melodic song, elaborate dance routine, mix of realism and fantasy, narrative and stage spectacle. Hollywood, with the musicals and scope of production. Music television channels such as MTV brought profound changes in the way Bollywood movies were produced after 1900s.