Is bollywood ready to take on Hollywood????????

[Abby]

I feel NO..........

bollywood shd mk movies wch r close to real life.....they shd be original.....direction need to improve..... many more and more

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[amit_studies]

I dont know if bollywood is ready, but thats for sure that Corporates are..

Anil Ambani has signed Brad Pitt, Angelina, etc. for some movies..

amit.

[rnagar78]

i dont think so the reason is that bollywood is not so technological advanced in film technique as compared to hollywood( example jurassic park kingkong etc).

[deepakraam]

Bollywood is not ready to take on Hollywood.I would blame a part on the Technical aspects.On the other hand the story and creativity ofthe two indsutry can't be compared.Hollywood is able to take a small concept and present it in an amazing sense.Though we have equally qualified ppl in India,still we are nt able to match tht of the Hollywood(itz pathetic :().Of late,I'm atleast able to spot a few movies like Lagaan,TZP,RDB which are better than normal B'wood movies.Moreover,I feel Heroines are mostly used for skinshows in B'wood.There are lot of stories that doesn't require heroines but has it only for the commercial aspects.The good fact abt the B'wood is the comedians are found in most of the films.You don't find tht in H'wood often.

In Bollywood,Story for the hero/heroine.
In Hollywood,Hero for the story.

-Deepak.

[RC1327]

yes i think bollywood is somewhat the teenager look of hollywood.we need more mature scripts here and stop copyinghollywood stories.well the visualfx has increased alot as well as the production budget.interms of purchasing power parity they are reallly hollywood big projects.but then we need more innovation

[RC1327]

by the way most of the visualfx done in anim and scifi movies are done by indians

[toxicboa]

c'mon guys, we still have more than a decade to ramble before Bollywood reaches the category of Hollywood.............i am not being a pessimist.....but ultimately we shud accept the truth........Take for eg., LOTR-1,2,3 can actually teach us what an actual fictional hollywood movie is like.........indian movies have a long way to tread in india........

[chins]

r u joking ??????/////////
look at day after tomorrow, vertical limit, resident evil nnn so onn ....... indian producers n directors cant afford to dream of repeating d same or even getting nywer close to them ..
not being a critic of bollywood.. but itz jus not our cup of tea ..
n even our directors cant dream ny movie except touch of emotion to it .. so frgt dat ..

[teja12]

Each has its own place...................................................................................................

[teja12]

the COST is still a huge differentiating factor...........................................................

[deepti1985]

Bollywood is nt ready to take on Hollywood as yet… it still copies mor than half of the concepts from Hollywood..

[ray_sonam]

well i thnk so...its ready.....superb movies lyk TZP hav 4 sure opened d pathway 2 tke on hollywood

[arjunswami]

Very true,the COST is the differentiating factor.Even an ordinary hollywood movie's budget is much more than the most expensive of bollywood movies n thus the difference in the quality of te special effects.Also,undoubtedly,English has more global appeal than Hindi n thus hollywood has a mammoth market whereas bollywood has a restricted audience.But having said dat,i think Bollywood can stand on its own n v definitely hv the potential 2 b distinctive.The only thing dat needs 2 change is dat v got 2 stop immitating Hollywood.Instead,v need 2 enhance the basic attributes by which our movies r identified with....like r social culture,the bollywood songs,the colors,etc. N i think bollywood is evolving well.V hv had some out-of-the-box movies in the last few years thereby stating dat bollywood has started 2 experiment wid ideas,which is the way 2 go.

[shlshgaikwad]

thats right. both are equally good at their own places designed for entertaining the audiences of the particular area(i am not defending the lacklusture of bollywood) what i am trying to say is whatever will be produced by industrialists will be according to demand supply economics.if masses requires movies like that of bollywood in india and not like that of hollywood then of course nobody will think of producing such a technologically advanced movies.untill and unless one thinks about it one cant innovate something.thats the need of time to change our mindsets.

[pahuja.chirag]

not at all. bollywood is copying the movies of hollywood but hollywood has not copied movie from bollywood

[adiishi]

r u joking ??????/////////
look at day after tomorrow, vertical limit, resident evil nnn so onn ....... indian producers n directors cant afford to dream of repeating d same or even getting nywer close to them ..
not being a critic of bollywood.. but itz jus not our cup of tea ..

[kalra.amol]

The target segments are completetly different..both can coexist..why the need for taking over?

[piotr]

Both have their virtues. both have their styles.

[neha archana]

:SugarwareZ-262:yes bollywood ready to take on hollywood. if u will see the movie like "koi mil gaya" "krish" "dhoom2"then u can easily realise the effect of bollywood. day by day use of technology is encouraging in bollywood.the standard of hindi cinema is increasing.:SugarwareZ-292:

[neha archana]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

how can u say yes.explain it in broad sense.........................................................

[iago444]

Bollywood does need to compete. It can create its own segment in the Market.
Look at the number of non big movie countries that compete in Sundance.

I saw a Movie in Sundance From Jordan called "Captain Abu Raed" it was better than any hollywood movie I have seen for a long time. It didn't depend on fancy effects. The cinematography was better than all of the Hollywood movies. And this is the First ever Motion picture for Jordan.

[balli_di_gali]

Bollywood is not ready to take on Hollywood.I would blame a part on the Technical aspects.On the other hand the story and creativity ofthe two indsutry can't be compared.Hollywood is able to take a small concept and present it in an amazing sense.Though we have equally qualified ppl in India,still we are nt able to match tht of the Hollywood(itz pathetic :().Of late,I'm atleast able to spot a few movies like Lagaan,TZP,RDB which are better than normal B'wood movies.Moreover,I feel Heroines are mostly used for skinshows in B'wood.There are lot of stories that doesn't require heroines but has it only for the commercial aspects.The good fact abt the B'wood is the comedians are found in most of the films.You don't find tht in H'wood often.

In Bollywood,Story for the hero/heroine.
In Hollywood,Hero for the story.

-Deepak.

Well, Deepak, no hard feelings but what a co-incidence that the three indian movies you mentioned, which are better than the normal ones are of Aamir Khan's. Moreover, I think that Hollywood also uses female actors for the purpose of skin exposure. And, if you look into their large porno empire then I don't think anyone is more pervert than them.

As far as comedy and songs are concerned, they have also been a part of Hollywood in the classical times (I watched a few when TNT Channel used to broadcast)

In film making, the story is always written first rather than signing a cast for it in the first place. Hollywood/Bollywood follow the same concept. There are always exceptions and they should be least considered while deciding the working of a multi-billion industry.

Lastly, no hard feelings, just an observation.

[mustanghemant]

i think, its still time b4 we can do it..
we have movies on very macro subjects like general love stories or family drama but they go in to the micro aspects of things for eg. i was recently watching movie named Fred Claus, showing what would happen if Santa had a naughty brother; or look pick up any movie, all are focused on general aspects of like which we do not look for..

[username123]

it may be still too early to say but we have the ability and willingness and thats what matters... see the reliance and dreamworks alliance.

[atulmaskara89]

yes for sure...
dey r cumin up wid d ideas of hollywood....

[prerak12]

with the talent pool in bollywood, there is no doubt in the fact that indian actors can create e new world in hollywood...actors like hrithik signing foreign films should be an inspiration for many others here.....

[harish_aytha]

he he he he...nice joke..see the scale and audience for hollywood movies...even in financial crisis they make spend to make big movies...we mathing them is tough forget take over

[vickykumar0075]

actually hollywood movies are highly funded by the large business houses and if u talk about the bollywood some of the industrialist are paying attention in this area but it take time to compete to the hollywood.

[rakesh5623]

no bollywood is not ready yet cause bollywood dont know how they are making real movies and real story!!!!!

[kiran1681989]

i feel that bollywood has to show reality in the films then only it can over take hollywood

[robinjohn]

I think Bollywood is ready to take on Hollywood with superb movies like A Wednesday, Rock On and AMIR and many more to come. This year directors have really worked on to make films with a difference.

Cheers!

[nk289]

I feel Indian Directors are only good at imitating and they will blindly copy the Script and Dialogues from Hollywood Blockbusters... For more people to go to the theaters, Bollywood should come up with interesting concepts...

[priyanka patwa]

hi frds,
i dont thnk bollywood is ready to take over hollywood. i thnk bollywood is better in coping hollywood movies n ideas.

[bhatiapriyanka]

yes...i agree more movies like tzp and wednesday need to be made....

[angelmody]

i think bollywood should come out of love making movies and make some good movies...

[kapil21682]

I would like to say that we still have a long way to go technically in competition to Hollywood but taking no credit away from all the new Bollywood directors, actors and the entire team things are improving and we have immense talent cropping up, with a bright bright future ahead for Indian Cinema.

[kiran_kumar007]

things which they show in bollywood are not really applicable in real life. if bollywood want to overtake hollywood it has to have realism in films

[pinkpanther17]

hi,
i think bollywood.... or just Indian cinema.. has really started to show distinct signs of creativity :D in the past 10 years or so, there have been a few films that were absolutely original in their content... examples... mr & mrs iyer, khosla ka ghosla, mitr my friend...
really thoughtful entertaining, funny movies.

at least content wise if nnot technique wise, indian movies are comming of age in a way. only if these types of movies continue to be made and appreciated, bollywood will be able to create an reputation as good cinema, if not the Baap of Hollywood ;)

ciao...

[luvanish1]

no ways... there's lot of difference.. in terms of technology, the originality n hollywood movies are short.. bollywood needs to stop makin long movies which tend to bore the viewers

[gaurav_41283]

no bollywood is far behind the technology of hollywood
and also the money involved is having a vast difference

[madronny]

r u joking ??????/////////
look at day after tomorrow, vertical limit, resident evil nnn so onn ....... indian producers n directors cant afford to dream of repeating d same or even getting nywer close to them ..
not being a critic of bollywood.. but itz jus not our cup of tea ..
n even our directors cant dream ny movie except touch of emotion to it .. so frgt dat ..

[gpuneetg]

to an extent yes...as u can see more n more directors are comin to india now

[khrith]

thats not possible, since there are less people to accept

[rachitchaudhary]

no ways...they can just copy hollywood....can not compete with them....

[hitesh sharma]

Is bollywood ready to take on Hollywood????????
No!!
Not in near future for sure.
There can be many reason to support this--
1. Our Movies donot have Universal appeal, we lack innovative story line and experimentaion.
2. We dont have that much budget
3. We lack in professionalism
4. We lack technical know how etc

[siranak]

of course not
we are still more interested in saas-bahu dramas
than to make meaningful cinema

[pradeepk]

bollywood soon will takeover hollywood {projected time 5500years}

[arpitmantri]

naaa
Bollies are very much behind of Hollies
i think they are 50 years behind the hollies

[sabarmathi]

bollywood now has all the eligibility to take over hollywood..it starts rocking..

[maverick_playboy]

well even debating on such a issue would be a waste ......

[maverick_playboy]

v need to be practical enough that bollywood would never be in a position to even match wid hollywood

[maverick_playboy]

jus cos v would never be in position to match with the kind of infrastructure and the technology that they have .....

[maverick_playboy]

and most importantanly v shld not even try to match them jus cos bollywood has its own charm .....

[maverick_playboy]

there are many areas where hollywood lacks bigtime ...... the emotionality factor , the romance , the around the tree songs , impracticality lols

[maverick_playboy]

plus the understanding level of the target audience is totllly different ......

[maverick_playboy]

infact hollywood is gud in every aspect .... the animation is being copied or tried out in bollywood but is not been successful cos of the acceptance level of the people

[confused21]

well i seriously dont thnk that bollywood is yet ready to take on hollywood maybe in future but bollywood needs to work on many aspects. It needs mature scripts (nt the stolen ones), better technology and animation.

[asmsaggi87]

no..i don't think so..it takes some time before bollywood can actually make a name or take over from hollywood..because we don't have enough good scripts..and also risk taking abilities are far more less as compared to hollywood producers..we have artists, directors, capital too quite some extent but don't have scripts..still we are copying from hollywood or tollywood...

[jhfm]

i think it is definitely. Everyone deserves a fair chance and it isn't just glitzy big budget american films that can make it big in the box office. Go for it Bolllywood!

[ashpt33]

yes......................................

[rcarghya]

it has.... already ....wake up.
indian film industry is anyday bigger and better than bollywood in terms of revenue numbers.
The quality might not be tech superior but its at par on other aspects

[amardeep.singh010]

Hi all,

I do't thnk Bollywood is till ready to take on Hollywood. The reasons are as under:
1. We lack the technical expertise to shoot stunts like the ones in Terminator, Hulk,MI etc.
2. We don't have a macho actor like Mr. Arnold to do solid action stunts.
3. The sex part will always be missing in out Indian movies beacuse of our society.
4. We still make movies with happy endings and most of 'em are roantic flicks which is not the case with Hollywood..

There are many other reasons but those have already been mentioned by others.

[arauf]

yet not possible in future it may be ................................

[suaveboy]

:thumbsdwn: no not at all they r far 2 advance than us:SugarwareZ-159:

[devganpreeti]

yes little bit....................................................................................................................................

[adityacool5]

no i dont think so .. as bollywood is make copies of hollywood movies and is not working to generate their own scripts/works ... due to which bollywood fails to stand in comparison with hollywood ...

[kapil21682]

Not Really guys.. I disagree.. By just one movie based on bollywood we cant claim to rule the roost.. No doubt in the recent arena.. there is a huge improvement in the kind of movies that have been churned from the Film industry...but theres still a long way to go!

[YogeshTheDevil]

Well, yes, it is...in fact it has already "taking on" Holywood....winning or not-winning is another matter, but yes, it is.

Apart from As most of the guys mentioned above about scripts, technology, budgets etc...one more which is not present for our BW - a market (of seizable size) - the demand side. Most of our public do want to see the kind of movies which they are alredy getting...and very few dare to go against the prevailing trends. Slight shift in public perception and expectations is visibly going on, however it will definitely take some time to BW to catch up with HW.

[shashikiran_m01]

As of now absolutely not... We have very poor scripts(with few exceptions) and narrators or directors.. so still more tuning up to do..

[sinnersaint]

Yup maybe in FUTURE.... and by that I don't mean to say in the near future.....:SugarwareZ-046:

[kuwaiti]

no at all...............................................................................................

[mudi316]

ah...not in a century...now ferz khan is also dead...so not at all.lolzzzzzzzz

[indi3]

I feel the Indian film industry has its own unique style and should be appreciated for the same. If you notice majority of the top budget hollywood movies do not succeed in the Indian market. One school of thought might say we are not educated enough... but maybe they do not match to our tastes... hence it should not be a bother for us if our movies are seen worldwide or not...

[adityamanas]

Yes certainly. Because now a days techical advancement is so much that we don't have to depend on Hollywood.

[stech786]

Not at alll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jacky79]

yes we are almost there...
yes we are almost there...
yes we are almost there...

[msgvasanth]

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[sriram145]

i don't feel it makes any difference so let the come out of their skin show politics and western culture

[nightsilentor]

I feel bollywood films take up many issues and in the end not able to stitch up into a proper story. They tend to get wayward. The Hollywood films are more focused and stick to the subject.

[pande.radhika]

I don't think that bollywood is ready to take on hollwood...just for the simple reason that indians especially t one from film industry don't use there brains on the right thing....they have to be more focussed,creative, and balanced in oredr to take on hollywood........

[rahul.gupta_86]

I also think that bollywood is not ready to take on hollwood

[vicky_600]

whats hollywood...its nothing but making a superhero movie that rescues a girl in the climax...I think bollywood does a better job than Holloywood
Also the kinds of norms and rules that are there differs in both the industries and hence the effect on quality...Plus Those are developed countries and we are developing bugt still a great job....
The bootom line is that with the matter of time Bollywood will evolve to be a more grand affair than Hollywood for sure