| | Bollywood versus Hollywood I was planning to write on this topic for a very long time. But laziness (actually more important things that I needed to attend to first) always won - and I could not get myself to write on this topic. Did anybody watch NBC nightly news with Brian Williams tonight (February 19, 2009)? Those stunts that you see in Hollywood movies are usually done with the help of computers, most people know that. But what most people did not know (but I knew) was the fact that most of those computer animations are made thousands of miles away from Hollywood - in Bombay, India (home of Indian movies popularly known as "Bollywood"). Hey, Brian gave the reason also -- Indians have better imagination and they have a strong grasp on the language called English. (Not to talk about technical expertise.) Surprised? Don't be. India will soon emerge as the super-power of the world (along with China). So stop using those out-of-date words like Third World Country, backward country, poorest of the poor, and all that. Wake up America. The table has turned. Mind your own business. Try to turn your economy around. Find jobs for millions. Then criticize others. Just yesterday, CNN reported that according to leading economists, America's standard of living has gone down forever. It is a permanent thing. America will never get out of this. You know why? Because of America's false ego. "We are the best" attitude. Today, more than half of the world hates America. Even then average Americans, many of whom have never gone out of the country, still have this "couldn't care less attitude". Wake up, before it is really too late. Learn about, and understand other countries, their people, their belief, their religion, their way of life, and above all learn to respect other countries. Don't contribute to America's doom. A country's good or bad depends on its population. Just the Government cannot do much. Talking about Bollywood, does Hollywood have any movie that ran in a movie theater for OVER 12 YEARS at a stretch? India's Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ for short) has that world record. Before that record, Sholay ran for over 7 years in a movie theater continuously. Does Hollywood have any such movie? Did you know that Bollywood movies are watched by one-third of world's population? Ouside India, Bollywood movies are popular in Pakistan (pirated DVD disks go there), Bangladesh, Nepal, Srilanka, the Middle-East, many African countries (especially East African countries), many East European countries, and so forth. What is more, due to high worldwide demand, many Bollywood movies these days are released internationally, meaning they are released in India along with places like New York, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, etc. on the same day! I almost forgot to mention that Bollywood, on an average, makes about 1000 movies in a year. Hollywood produces about half as many.
And everybody knows how many Oscars Slumdog Millionaire has been nominated for this year. Shoban Sen
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