Hey! I am back with the last post about Bollywood!
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, more family-centric romantic musicals were produced such as Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), Dil (1990), Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), the longest theatrical running movie (and is still running), and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). This period made a superstar generation with actors such as Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan and actresses like Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi and Juhi Chawla.
At that time, action and comedy movies gained more fame and became very popular, with actors like Govinda and actresses like Raveena Tandon and Karishma Kapoor starring comedy movies, and Akshay Kumar gained (and is still gaining) popularity for performing martial arts in his movies (and for doing his own stunts). He is well known for his Khiladi movie series and other action and comedy movies.
The 2000s saw a growth in Bollywood's popularity all around the world. This pushed the nation's filmmaking to another level in terms of production values, cinematography and story lines as well as technical advances in areas such as special effects and animation. The largest production houses are Yash Raj Films and Dharma Productions. Some popular films from that decade are Koi...Mil Gaya (2003), Kal Ho Naa Ho(2003), Veer-Zaara (2004), Dhoom (2004), Dhoom (2006), the sequel of Dhoom, Krrish (2006), and Jab We Met (2007). The mid-2000s saw the rise of popular actors like Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and Shahid Kapoor, as well as actresses like Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai (Bachchan), Kareena Kapoor (Khan), and Priyanka Chopra.
Hrithik Roshan (The Greek God and currently the best dancer in Bollywood)
Priyanka Chopra. She is currently doing an American serial called Quantico, and has released three singles and is Miss World 2000.
While most stars from the 2000s continued their successful careers, the 2010s also saw the rise of a new generation of actors like Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Varun Dhawan and Siddhart Malhotra, as well as actresses like Vidya Balan, Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Kangana Ranaut, Shraddha Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Anushka Sharma.
Some pictures of the actors/actresses mentioned above:
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone. Both of them hold the titles "Best Actor" and "Best Actress". They are a couple and their fans like to call them (also called Deep-Veer).
Alia Bhatt and Siddhart Malhotra. They are rumoured to be a couple, but they have denied it.
Holding the title of the "Sexiest Asian Woman" is Katrina Kaif.
These pictures are from a photoshoot with Shraddha Kapoor and Varun Dhawan.
Kahaani(2012) starring Vidya Balan started the trend of women centric movies. In the following years came Queen (2013), NH10(2015), Highway(2014), Mardaani(2014), No One Killed Jessica (2011), Mary Kom (2014) and my all time favourite, Piku (2015). Piku is highly recommended for anyone who hasn't watched the movie. It is light-hearted, simple and bittersweet and will leave your mind open for new ideas. Bollywood is not only about "larger than life" movies now. Bollywood movies are about lives which many people actually live. A lot of Bollywood movies are loved by the people outside India, and therefore a lot of movies make big Box Office hits.
At the first Place is PK(2014) with ₹792 crore (US$120 million).
This is the trailer of PK.
However, the movie that has recently emerged as a commercial and critical success is Bajirao Mastani (2015). It has already won nine awards for Best Direction, Costumes, Coreography, Actor, Actress, Supporting roles and many more. The Movie has left a mark on Bollywood and it is totally worth a watch!
This is the trailer of Bajirao Mastani.
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