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To what extent has bollywood turned into Hollywood, with close referance to "Dhoom 2"

Film: Dhoom 2

Date and Director: 24 November 2006 (UK), Sanjay Gadhvi

Hypothesis: Is bollywood turning into Hollywood?

Media language: westernised clothes…westernised dancing… set in different countries: Namibia, Brazil.

Institution: Bollywood: Yash raj films

Genre: Action

Representation: of the women as sex objects. Sexy and attractive, men are portrayed as strong and muscular.

Audience: teenage, adults and Asians.

Ideology: Patriarchal= men on motorbikes…women are portrayed independent but seen as sex objects.

Narrative: non-linear, shows flash backs of certain scenes.

Social: a form of escapism and racial events.

Historical: goes against traditional movies e.g. mother India and sholay.

Economic: increase in moving to one country to another…rich girl falls in love with poor boy and have to go to certain extents to get married because her family doesn’t agree with the marriage.

Political: patriarchal issues?

Theorists: Propp- hero & villain
Todorov- equilibrium, disequilibrium, resolution.

Research:
Watch movies: both Hollywood and bollywood to compare.
Ashwariyah rai: Lara croft….kissing scene…settings…clothes…speech
Internet research: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441048/ http://www.apunkachoice.com/movies/mov648/index.html