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Bollywood is not just a part of Indian cinema, it is even just a part of Hindi cinema. Hindi movies are made all over that world. Calling it as whole hindi cinema is as misleading as calling Hindi as a national language. -- Onef9day ( talk) 23:43, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Shahid • Talk2me 16:22, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
If I google "Chinese language" I get more than 99 million hits. Nonetheless, linguists who study Chinese languages do not believe that there is ONE Chinese language, but rather a family of languages, some mutually incomprehensible. Popular misconceptions and verbal shorthand do not outweigh expert opinion. (PS, I've moved Himalayan Explorer's comment up to the thread where it logically belongs; I don't want anyone to believe that he expressed his approbation of ALL my remarks.) Zora ( talk) 23:54, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Note: This side discussion is directly related to the main discussion here. An effort was made to merge all of these discussions into one for easy readability but this effort was stymied by Shshshsh (Shahid). In my opinion, it would be helpful to place all comments relevant to this discussion in the linked section so those new to the discussion will have easy access to all the relevant comments. Thanks for your comments everyone, Anupam Talk 16:40, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Bollywood popularity in South America is pretty strong especially countries like Suriname and Guyana. Suriname has over 8 televisions in Hindi based languages alone and showing Hindi films several times a day. Hindi video store is a huge business especially in the capital city of Paramaribo, and second capital Nickerie. Popularity of the Hindi movies is due to the 40% North Indian diaspora who still speak Hindi dialects. Guyana on the other hand is pure English speaking but to an amazement people watch Hindi films with or without subtitles, Guyana has a majority of Indian Diaspora covering about 60% of the population, Hindi movies are a high demand and even though TV channels are in English, Hindi movies are shown regularly. Just like Suriname Guyana has a big market for Hindi films. Both these countries gets visits from celebrities from India preforming Hindi Musical concerts, Artists so far included Sonu Nigam, Sharukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and a lot more. Wehokid ( talk) 17:50, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Bollywood is definitely very popular in South America especially spanish speaking countries like Peru,Mexico,Uruguay,Brazil.Infact the Bollywood movie "Kites" was shot keeping in mind especially this market in mind,where the lead actress Barbara Mori is a well known face in Mexico and popular through the spanish speaking regions.The lead actress Barbara Mori in this movie infact spoke only in her native languare -Spanish.Dhoom 2 was shot in Rio and a scene for Robot was shot in Machu Pichu in which Rajnikanth danced with Aishwarya Rai. In August 2010, Priyanka Chopra was in Rio for shooting the show, 'Fear Factor'.Shah Rukh's TV game show "Zor Ka Jhakta", which went on air in Argentina on feb 2011,(The name of the Show in Argentina was - "wipe Out") is also a factor reaffirm these growing bonds.
The Brazilian model Giselle Monteiro's debut in Bollywood in the movie Love Aaj Kal was also widely publicised by the Brazilian media.From bindis to Ganesh idols, the Indian flavour is becoming popular among the locals, thanks to the Brazilian soap opera "Camino das Indias" that ran for eight months in 2009 on Brazilian Globo.Another craze in Latin America is Bollywood dancing, which was a hit during the festivals of India in 2009 and 2010 in Buenos Aires. And people have also started taking Indian films seriously.he video rental stores in Buenos Aires have a number of Bollywood films. The Indian film shows during the last three Festivals of India attracted long queues of Argentines and the Embassy had to extend the film festivals for about a month.The facebook of the embassy has messages from Argentine girls asking about Shah Rukh and Salman Khan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Surajitdas01 ( talk • contribs) 08:35, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
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The second paragraph is missing a needed comma. It says "It is common to see films that feature dialogue with English words phrases, or even whole sentences."
It should say "It is common to see films that feature dialogue with English words, phrases, or even whole sentences"
Jdraper1 ( talk) 04:33, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Done thanks! Qwyrxian ( talk) 06:22, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
I would like to see more discussion on genres within Bollywood, perhaps even including a new article listing Bollywood movies by genre (rather than only having the current list by year). Too many people talk about Bollywood as if it is an indivisible genre, as if all Hindi movies look the same. How about some mention of historical epic dramas, action, comedy, etc.? — al-Shimoni ( talk) 08:56, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
The paragraph about South America is untrue and incomplete. Bollywood cinema is widely popular in Peru and it was a boom during the 70's and 80's in that South American country. Movies like Joker or Boot Polish were a huge success all over the country, and in Lima, until the beginning of the XXI century, there were at least 2 movie theaters completly devoted to Bollywood movies (the City Hall and the Metropolitan). 190.232.82.1 ( talk) 19:55, 28 June 2011 (UTC) Armando Pattroni
Can anybody correct this with reference, 3rd paragraph of section History which reads.
It says Kisan Kanya was made in 1937 and next year he made Mother India, where as Mother India was released in 1957. Regards -- Omer123hussain ( talk) 00:44, 23 August 2011 (UTC)-- Omer123hussain ( talk) 00:45, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
The article introduction read as below:
where as section etymology says:
well in this case we should remove the word informal term from the introduction and replace it with some suitable sentence. regards-- Omer123hussain ( talk) 08:57, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
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A newish user made changes to the article; Shahid (Shshsh) reverted them. I undid his reverts. He left a message on my talk page telling me: Next time you revert, I will report you on ANI.
Shahid, go ahead. I would like to see you make a case for not allowing anyone but yourself to edit the article when it comes to the Hindu/Urdu/Hindustani issue.
Sorry, I have not had time to do a rewrite of the article that gives this issue the space that it needs. BOTH views need to be presented: scientific linguistics and linguistic nationalism. That's the Wikipedia way. It is not OK to declare one POV false and not to be mentioned in the article. Zora ( talk) 00:22, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | ← | Archive 5 | Archive 6 | Archive 7 | Archive 8 | Archive 9 | Archive 10 |
Bollywood is not just a part of Indian cinema, it is even just a part of Hindi cinema. Hindi movies are made all over that world. Calling it as whole hindi cinema is as misleading as calling Hindi as a national language. -- Onef9day ( talk) 23:43, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Shahid • Talk2me 16:22, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
If I google "Chinese language" I get more than 99 million hits. Nonetheless, linguists who study Chinese languages do not believe that there is ONE Chinese language, but rather a family of languages, some mutually incomprehensible. Popular misconceptions and verbal shorthand do not outweigh expert opinion. (PS, I've moved Himalayan Explorer's comment up to the thread where it logically belongs; I don't want anyone to believe that he expressed his approbation of ALL my remarks.) Zora ( talk) 23:54, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Note: This side discussion is directly related to the main discussion here. An effort was made to merge all of these discussions into one for easy readability but this effort was stymied by Shshshsh (Shahid). In my opinion, it would be helpful to place all comments relevant to this discussion in the linked section so those new to the discussion will have easy access to all the relevant comments. Thanks for your comments everyone, Anupam Talk 16:40, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Bollywood popularity in South America is pretty strong especially countries like Suriname and Guyana. Suriname has over 8 televisions in Hindi based languages alone and showing Hindi films several times a day. Hindi video store is a huge business especially in the capital city of Paramaribo, and second capital Nickerie. Popularity of the Hindi movies is due to the 40% North Indian diaspora who still speak Hindi dialects. Guyana on the other hand is pure English speaking but to an amazement people watch Hindi films with or without subtitles, Guyana has a majority of Indian Diaspora covering about 60% of the population, Hindi movies are a high demand and even though TV channels are in English, Hindi movies are shown regularly. Just like Suriname Guyana has a big market for Hindi films. Both these countries gets visits from celebrities from India preforming Hindi Musical concerts, Artists so far included Sonu Nigam, Sharukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and a lot more. Wehokid ( talk) 17:50, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Bollywood is definitely very popular in South America especially spanish speaking countries like Peru,Mexico,Uruguay,Brazil.Infact the Bollywood movie "Kites" was shot keeping in mind especially this market in mind,where the lead actress Barbara Mori is a well known face in Mexico and popular through the spanish speaking regions.The lead actress Barbara Mori in this movie infact spoke only in her native languare -Spanish.Dhoom 2 was shot in Rio and a scene for Robot was shot in Machu Pichu in which Rajnikanth danced with Aishwarya Rai. In August 2010, Priyanka Chopra was in Rio for shooting the show, 'Fear Factor'.Shah Rukh's TV game show "Zor Ka Jhakta", which went on air in Argentina on feb 2011,(The name of the Show in Argentina was - "wipe Out") is also a factor reaffirm these growing bonds.
The Brazilian model Giselle Monteiro's debut in Bollywood in the movie Love Aaj Kal was also widely publicised by the Brazilian media.From bindis to Ganesh idols, the Indian flavour is becoming popular among the locals, thanks to the Brazilian soap opera "Camino das Indias" that ran for eight months in 2009 on Brazilian Globo.Another craze in Latin America is Bollywood dancing, which was a hit during the festivals of India in 2009 and 2010 in Buenos Aires. And people have also started taking Indian films seriously.he video rental stores in Buenos Aires have a number of Bollywood films. The Indian film shows during the last three Festivals of India attracted long queues of Argentines and the Embassy had to extend the film festivals for about a month.The facebook of the embassy has messages from Argentine girls asking about Shah Rukh and Salman Khan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Surajitdas01 ( talk • contribs) 08:35, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
{{edit semi-protected}}
The second paragraph is missing a needed comma. It says "It is common to see films that feature dialogue with English words phrases, or even whole sentences."
It should say "It is common to see films that feature dialogue with English words, phrases, or even whole sentences"
Jdraper1 ( talk) 04:33, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Done thanks! Qwyrxian ( talk) 06:22, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
I would like to see more discussion on genres within Bollywood, perhaps even including a new article listing Bollywood movies by genre (rather than only having the current list by year). Too many people talk about Bollywood as if it is an indivisible genre, as if all Hindi movies look the same. How about some mention of historical epic dramas, action, comedy, etc.? — al-Shimoni ( talk) 08:56, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
The paragraph about South America is untrue and incomplete. Bollywood cinema is widely popular in Peru and it was a boom during the 70's and 80's in that South American country. Movies like Joker or Boot Polish were a huge success all over the country, and in Lima, until the beginning of the XXI century, there were at least 2 movie theaters completly devoted to Bollywood movies (the City Hall and the Metropolitan). 190.232.82.1 ( talk) 19:55, 28 June 2011 (UTC) Armando Pattroni
Can anybody correct this with reference, 3rd paragraph of section History which reads.
It says Kisan Kanya was made in 1937 and next year he made Mother India, where as Mother India was released in 1957. Regards -- Omer123hussain ( talk) 00:44, 23 August 2011 (UTC)-- Omer123hussain ( talk) 00:45, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
The article introduction read as below:
where as section etymology says:
well in this case we should remove the word informal term from the introduction and replace it with some suitable sentence. regards-- Omer123hussain ( talk) 08:57, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
An image used in this article,
File:Mukesh.jpg, has been nominated for deletion at
Wikimedia Commons in the following category: Deletion requests December 2011
Don't panic; a discussion will now take place over on Commons about whether to remove the file. This gives you an opportunity to contest the deletion, although please review Commons guidelines before doing so.
This notification is provided by a Bot -- CommonsNotificationBot ( talk) 08:59, 12 December 2011 (UTC) |
A newish user made changes to the article; Shahid (Shshsh) reverted them. I undid his reverts. He left a message on my talk page telling me: Next time you revert, I will report you on ANI.
Shahid, go ahead. I would like to see you make a case for not allowing anyone but yourself to edit the article when it comes to the Hindu/Urdu/Hindustani issue.
Sorry, I have not had time to do a rewrite of the article that gives this issue the space that it needs. BOTH views need to be presented: scientific linguistics and linguistic nationalism. That's the Wikipedia way. It is not OK to declare one POV false and not to be mentioned in the article. Zora ( talk) 00:22, 24 December 2011 (UTC)