Hindi Films- In English/Americanizing?? - Page 2

Hi MNMS- don't worry, I am not upset or anything. 😊

Hey T: excellent points on the debate topic. I agree with some of your points, but I still stick to parts of my opinion. Thanks for sharing. Secondly- great idea about giving credit. A lot of us apparently jumped straight to the conclusion that members would take ideas and not give credit to whoever they took them from. Thanks again for your great reply and reminder to everyone that its okay to use others' ideas as long as credit is given 😊

Originally posted by: T.

(My argument has been restricted to Movies only as I am aware of a separate topic on westernization going on.)

I have nothing against Indian movies being made in English or Hindi. Its just a language and there is nothing wrong with it.

If a novel has been written in English, translating it into another language makes it lose its original charm. This is not about culture - it is about artistic depiction.

For example: the dubbed versions of Harry Potter in Hindi are laughable.

"Being Cyrus" was quoted as an example of Westernizing Indian Culture. But, I am going to point out that the story revolves around the Parsi community, which is one of the more "westernized" communities among Indians. I can guarantee that no Parsi speaks Hindi at home the way they did in Rakesh Roshan's "Khatta Meetha". They either speak a form of Parsi-Gujarati or English.

It is not always about "aping the west" as most people say. It is also about artistic freedom of expression.

Someone said that Westerners cannot dance. I disagree. Watch any old movies like "Grease" or "Sound of Music" and you will instantly see that they were very much like present day Indian Cinema with song and dance rountines, running around trees, etc.

Its not necessary that every movie must have a Song-Dance routine and must be in Hindi or another regional language. In fact, India is a secular country. Hence, we must be open to all types of ideas and movies (within limits).

PS. If anyone wishes to use any ideas given by people in this topic in the Debating championship, my suggestion is to quote the person who gave the idea and CREDIT them.

I agree. Y'know I really don't have a problem about SOME indian movies not having song and dance. Sure song and dance is a big aspect of Indian Cinema but than again Cinema was never meant to just revolve around ONE thing in general. o_O Some foreigners have even said that 99% of indian movies have to do with LOVE. And I agree most indian films do. ^.^'

Of course Indian Cinema is getting more western but I don't think it'll get soo WESTERN that Indian films will change entirely. If some directors want to take a different route lets say in the case of Being Cyrus or Black there's nothing wrong with that. I mean NOT EVERYONE loves all that Bollywood masala and masti anymore. Some people like watching serious cinema on some occasions too y'know. And I think its good to see that transition being made in the Indian Cinema. Y'know finally a movie-goer has a whole range of movies they get to choose from. It's not just love, family, or masala comedy anymore. 😊

And Indian films are getting more recognition because of it. Already in Cannes there's more Indian films being showcased. I think this slight change in Bollywood Cinema is a good thing.

I agree- change is nice, but I am talking about people who want to take all of this (dance/song) out of films and those who want films in India to eventually be in English.

As they said, India has many English language-speakers, so why can't films be in English? BUT- the U.S. has millions of Spanish speakers, but do they make films in Spanish? NO- because they are proud of the English that identifies their films among the numerous other traits of Hollywood. They aren't trying to have their movies look like anyone else's.