Summary Keith Adams talks to the directors and stars and examines the film making process in Bombay. He finds that in style, the Hindi movies are reminiscent of the Hollywood "weepies" of the 30s, complete with "impossibly good heroes and extremely bad baddies". Adam reports that some actors are signed up for 100 films at one time and spend their days rushing from one film set to another, shooting one scene here and another scene there. Producers explain to Keith Adam how they orchestrate their films for the unsophisticated audience which pays to see them. But Adam finds that with all their faults, the Hindi movies are a lively and diverting art form that seems to cater for the taste and needs of its audience. But, as he warns at the end of this amusing program, a visitor to the Bombay studios sometimes gets more than he bargained for - when he went to a studio during celebrations connected with a Hindu festival - he found himself ceremoniously plunged into a bath of red dye.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Hema Malini Feroz Khan Zeenat Aman Raj Kapoor
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : United States India
Language : English
Production companies : ABC Television
Summary Keith Adams talks to the directors and stars and examines the film making process in Bombay. He finds that in style, the Hindi movies are reminiscent of the Hollywood "weepies" of the 30s, complete with "impossibly good heroes and extremely bad baddies". Adam reports that some actors are signed up for 100 films at one time and spend their days rushing from one film set to another, shooting one scene here and another scene there. Producers explain to Keith Adam how they orchestrate their films for the unsophisticated audience which pays to see them. But Adam finds that with all their faults, the Hindi movies are a lively and diverting art form that seems to cater for the taste and needs of its audience. But, as he warns at the end of this amusing program, a visitor to the Bombay studios sometimes gets more than he bargained for - when he went to a studio during celebrations connected with a Hindu festival - he found himself ceremoniously plunged into a bath of red dye.
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : United States India
Language : English
Production companies : ABC Television
