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Top 10 Biggest Bollywood Stars of all time
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List is based on majorly taking the following factors into consideration:
1) Amount of adulation received by the star.
2) Influence on popular culture.
3) Impact on the industry (mainly business and popularity).
4) Box Office success (earnings, records, longetivety, etc)
4) Longetivety and presence in mainstream culture (in respect to the technology present around/over the time).
5) Overseas popularity (in respect to the technology present around/over the time and also preference given to the audience familiar with Bollywood cinema: its content and language, rather than a particular star).
Top 10 Highest footfalls in India (Latest)
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The list comprises of the top 10 films with highest footfalls (ticket sold) in India. Re release business of pre mid-1970s films are not authentically available presently. So they are neglected here for the time being.
** The list includes films released in all versions.
Some points for better understanding of the given data: 1. Footfalls of the films have slowly declined since mid-1980s with the onset of TV and VCR. The only silver lining was the rapid increase in population and the number of screens with the onset of multiplex era (early 2000s).
2. Pre mid-1980s i.e. before TV and VCR consumption gradually went up, the bigger hits were those films that released earlier but had marginally lesser or equivalent footfalls of the later one as the population of India has rapidly increased over the decades and so has the number of prints and theatres. The theatre going culture has also increased substantially since independence. * For reference, Population of India pre independence= 39 crore Population of India post independence in 1947= 33 crore (only 13.34 crore Hindi speakers in 1961) Population of India in 1981= 72 crore
3. The advent of Pan-India, franchise films have substantially increased the collections of a film that is released in different versions to cater different language audience, adopting the necessary tropes required including music and certain trademark sequences. In future, Pan- India and franchise films (like Avengers and Star Wars) will dominate the movie market in India.
Some points for better understanding of the given data: 1. Footfalls of the films have slowly declined since mid-1980s with the onset of TV and VCR. The only silver lining was the rapid increase in population and the number of screens with the onset of multiplex era (early 2000s).
2. Pre mid-1980s i.e. before TV and VCR consumption gradually went up, the bigger hits were those films that released earlier but had marginally lesser or equivalent footfalls of the later one as the population of India has rapidly increased over the decades and so has the number of prints and theatres. The theatre going culture has also increased substantially since independence. * For reference, Population of India pre independence= 39 crore Population of India post independence in 1947= 33 crore (only 13.34 crore Hindi speakers in 1961) Population of India in 1981= 72 crore
3. The advent of Pan-India, franchise films have substantially increased the collections of a film that is released in different versions to cater different language audience, adopting the necessary tropes required including music and certain trademark sequences. In future, Pan- India and franchise films (like Avengers and Star Wars) will dominate the movie market in India.
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Pyaasa (1957)
Timeless Masterpiece
18 February 2021 - 2 out of 2 users found this review helpful.
The film fraternity in particular and the country in general should feel proud that such a fine film came out from India.
From drawing all the characteristics of a mainstream movie, Pyaasa manages to achieve a high aesthetic. It is a work of art and vision.
Even so many decades after the release of the film, it continues to remain an inspiration for new generations of filmmakers and film scholars. People can still relate to the ideas mentioned in the film.
In short Pyaasa epitomised the Golden Era of Indian Cinema and I am yet to see a film as daring as Pyaasa.
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