The biggest entertainment in India is movies. Even in Japan, the break of "Muthu Dancing Maharaja" is new to my memory.
The annual number of film productions in India exceeds Hollywood and boasts the highest number in the world.
The characteristics of Indian movies are, first of all, the cast, a heroine with a beautiful heroine, a hero with a sweet mask, and a villain who is extremely villainous.
The story settings are diversified into school, runaway, and warfare, but basically a happy ending love story.
The movie "Dilse" has been talked about before.In this movie, the spectacular last that two loved ones are forced into a situation where they can not help and finally they both choose to die is impressive. There are many fans of this movie in Japan, but when I ask Indians for their impressions, they comment, "I don't want to pay for such a movie."The movie is just a dream story, and it is attractive because it is a moment to forget the reality, and I feel that I do not want to bother to watch a movie with a bad aftertaste.
And another feature of Indian movies is the dance scene that must not be forgotten.India is still a society sensitive to sexual expression, and even kissing scenes are rare in movies. Under such conditions, dance is a sign of the growing love between men and women.
From the serious scenes of their beloved two, they suddenly change to a loud dance scene and show a fierce dance in front of many back dancers.
And the stage is unknowingly in the mountains of Switzerland.It's cool to put in a rush like "Why? From India to Switzerland?" This is an Indian indirect expression that the love of the two has risen to the climax.
It's not uncommon to go on location abroad just for this scene, and the songs sung along with the dance are on the soundtrack, and sales are proportional to the movie's hits.The dance scene is extremely important in Indian cinema
If you're curious about Indian cinema, go to the cinema first.Recently, there is also an Indian cinema complex in big cities, where four or five movies are shown all the time. The sound is good, and the air conditioning works well in the hall, making it chilly.
Sit in a spacious and comfortable reclining seat with masala-flavored popcorn in your hand and you'll feel excited! Don't worry if you don't understand the words. The outline of the story can be understood by anyone and can be read from the reactions of the Indians around.
In the dance scene, the song is sung, and in the scene where the villain is defeated, the movie hall is applauded, which is exactly the unification of the movie and the audience.
After a long show time of 3 hours, you will be filled with the comfort of finishing a job.
The story goes back and forth, but "masala" is a Hindi word for spices.In other words, a masala movie means a movie that is sweet, spicy, sour, and packed with such tastes.However, not all Indian films are masala films, or commercial films.Films from a number of states are exhibited at the annual National Film Festival in Delhi, but Bengal, the birthplace of the great film director Satagit Ray, offers films and art films on familiar issues. It is often seen.Because of the vast India, if things change, so will the movies.
South Indian Tamil films, including "Dancing Maharaja," were unprecedented hits in Japan, but the representative Masala film in North India is the Hindi film.It is also called a Bollywood movie, imitating Hollywood, because it is mainly shot in Bombay (Mumbai), which is the core of the movie industry.Bollywood has produced a variety of popular actors, and it may be a good idea to find your favorite actor first as a way to get familiar with the movie.
If you're addicted to Masala movies, you can buy a VCD and go home. A VCD is a video CD-ROM that you can watch on your computer. In India, where DVDs are not yet widespread, VCDs are common. There is also a videotape, but India has a pal system, which is different from the NTSC system in Japan, so even if you take it home, you will not be able to see it unless you convert it.
If so, a compact VCD is convenient.If you go to the record shop, you can find a wide selection of old movies to the latest movies, and you can choose by jacket or by a nearby Indian, and you can enjoy opening it.
The country of India and Indian cinema are inextricably linked.
Masala movies can be said to be the gateway to whether or not you like India.
