Bollywood's expanding reach

[CarbonD]

I cant watch a single film or even TV without subtitles, I am partially deaf.
Should have listen to parents to keep the volume down

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

I cant watch a single film or even TV without subtitles, I am partially deaf.
Should have listen to parents to keep the volume down

You should see a doctor for that.

 

[Safriz]

couldnt they find good looking Germans?

 

[harpoon]

Some are, others are not. It's the same for Indians who love Pakistani music.

Glad you accept the ground reality.

The print media is dying. These other forms exist but the internet has become a game changer. It's very difficult for governments to control or propagate their versions now. This is the real world.

May be in your place. Majority of the people in my world still depends on print and TV for their info.

I love watching films from Hollywood, Korean, Japanese, Spanish etc but not Bollywood. In fact I purposely boycott Indian films and goods in protest of the occupation of Kashmir just as I boycott Israel goods.

You could have said it earlier instead of dissing cinema industry altogether. So your problem is with Bollywood, not cinema.Thats fine by me.

In this globalized world everything is made everywhere, so good luck with the boycotting part.

PS: India is fast emerging as a location for doing the special effects jobs of films. So next time you see a Hollywood scifi, super hero type films you may have to switch it off as the special effects for that film would have very well done in India. Anyways if you have already seen Spiderman 3, Narnia , Avatar etc you already broke the boycott.

 

[Audio]

Old kung fu flicks from the 70's.

Kick sound comes half a second before the kick.

People jumping in contradiction to laws of physics.

Italian or German dubbing.

Massive lol

 

[neutral_person]

Why shouldn't I be amused. We live in a pluralistic society and we have all kinds of fringe groups. Fact is, none of the Bollywood movies have made into the big screen of Cinemaxx, GErmany's bigest cinema operator. Neither have any of them made into the art house movie scene. Bollywood movies appear either on festivals or in some off off stream movie theaters showing mostly African and Indian movies with a mainly ethnic audience.

Take J-pop as an example, Japanese pop culture has entered into Germany long before any other Asian cultures did and we do have a considerable fan club but they are still far away from being mainstream since no radio station plays J-pop. I remember in the early 1990s there was a hype of Japanese pop music with Pizzicato Five at the forefront and I collected all their CDs and went to all their concerts in my city. But after that hype, J-pop has become a fringe element again until the 2005 when a German boy-group by the name Tokyo Hotel copied the fashion of Japanese cosplay. Their music on the other hand has little to nothing to do with J-pop. All their songs are in German and they still caused some sleepless nights for many teenage girls in Europe.

The bolded part is when you know you are full of Unless the German Indians turned blonde like the ones in the video below. There are literally millions of these on youtube.

([url]www.bollywood-arts.com) Chabeela- Bollywood tanz kurs Deutschland, Hamburg - YouTube[/url]

 

[Aktavist_KKWC]

Glad you accept the ground reality.

Some Pakistani's watch cartoons too. No big deal.

May be in your place. Majority of the people in my world still depends on print and TV for their info.

It's just a matter of time before this changes. Most people will have the internet on their mobile phones.

You could have said it earlier instead of dissing cinema industry altogether. So your problem is with Bollywood, not cinema.Thats fine by me.

In this globalized world everything is made everywhere, so good luck with the boycotting part.

PS: India is fast emerging as a location for doing the special effects jobs of films. So next time you see a Hollywood scifi, super hero type films you may have to switch it off as the special effects for that film would have very well done in India. Anyways if you have already seen Spiderman 3, Narnia you already broke the boycott.

You need to read carefully. I never suggested I hate cinema or don't watch it but only Bollywood.

You also have little understanding of boycotting. The aim is not to use any product which has any relation to India but to boycott specific industries or goods. Take a look back at the boycott movement in apartheid South Africa.

 

[Götterdämmerung]

The bolded part is when you know you are full of Unless the German Indians turned blonde like the ones in the video below. There are literally millions of these on youtube.

What does your millions of videos prove? That there are people who like to do Bollywood dance? I can also post millions of videos of kungfu classes in Europe and there are certainly more pople doing kungfu than doing Bollywood dance but it doesn't mean that it's a mainstream sport activity in Europe.

 

[harpoon]

Some Pakistani's watch cartoons too. No big deal.

Its better than some Pakistanis here claiming that no Pakistanis watch Bollywood films

It's just a matter of time before this changes. Most people will have the internet on their mobile phones.

Smartphones with internet connection have a long long way to go before displacing print and TV, in the convenience factor.

You need to read carefully. I never suggested I hate cinema or don't watch it but only Bollywood

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After making statement like "Pakistan doesn't need cinema which is actually a waste of time and waste of money." I thought you hated cinemas.

You also have little understanding of boycotting. The aim is not to use any product which has any relation to India but to boycott specific industries or goods. Take a look back at the boycott movement in apartheid South Africa.

So are you saying that you will boycott only Made in India/Israel goods and services.

 

[northeast]

Why bollywood is filled with light skinned actors and atresses.do indian have an central asia worship？

 

[SHAMK9]

Why bollywood is filled with light skinned actors and atresses.do indian have an central asia worship？

noo, they are fair and lovely addicts

 

[ZABASHO]

Why bollywood is filled with light skinned actors and atresses.do indian have an central asia worship？

not true mate. But even then your the one to talk.... how are the sales of BB cream going in HK & China?

anyways, bollywood is mostly catering to Hindi speaking population who are lighter skinned as compared to the southern population, and if you look at those movies, it would be filled with dark skinned actors.

 

[harpoon]

^^ As if Pakistanis don't use it.

 

[takeiteasy]

not true mate. But even then your the one to talk.... how are the sales of BB cream going in HK & China?

anyways, bollywood is mostly catering to Hindi speaking population who are lighter skinned as compared to the southern population, and if you look at those movies, it would be filled with dark skinned actors.

Except some groups in north western region people are all brown in India. and Hindi cinema truly not represent it's core viewers who are from cow belt. I don't see "fair" north Indians except high caste ones. the people are brown be it from delhi,up,bihar or tamilnadu..except that northern Indians have sharp facial features..that too relative when goes to eastern states like bengal, it overlags with dravidian features mostly.
So, IMO Bollywood looks more Central Asian/Afghani Movie industry than Indian. look at the actors handpicked Heroes who looks like Central Asians. It is the truth.
This "North Indians are as fair, Southies are dark" can be justified if You compare North India under British India which was current Pakistan's Durand Line region(Whom are Pathans).

True representative of Hindi belt is Bhojpuri movies.

 

[Shinigami]

noo, they are fair and lovely addicts

people who live in a glass house should not throw stones

Perception of Race and Skin Color in Pakistan

The most popular beauty product in Pakistan is Fair and Lovely cream. As you can see in the commercial above (in Hindi-Urdu), a dark-sinned girl and her father go to a “modern beauty company” and are turned away. The father dramatically gets some Fair and Lovely cream, and the girl’s skin changes to several shades lighter. She puts on a more fashionable outfit, straightens her hair, and goes back to the same place where she ends up turning heads with her lighter skin color.

Recently, Emami has come up with a skin-bleaching product for men called Fair and Handsome. The commercials show a darker skinned young man sulking because he can’t get a date. After putting on the cream, his skin tone becomes quite a bit lighter. Suddenly the scene changes and he’s a glowing white-faced man surrounded by supermodels. Even Indian actor Shahrukh Khan has starred in a Fair and Handsome commercial, bringing him a lot of flack from the more Westernized Indian press (video below).

Many Pakistanis, and their Indian neighbors, are obsessed with the desire to be white. Women stay out of the sun, get whitening facials, and wear powder white makeup for their wedding pictures. The less sophisticated end up looking like ghosts with bright white faces in the photo albums. When parents are looking for a bride from their son, they will certainly be looking for a girl who is fair skinned. Pakistanis usually consider the Pashtuns and the Kashmiris to be among the most attractive of the local people. Both of these people groups have fairer skin than many other Pakistani peoples.

Women desire to be fair skinned for good reason, as it seems the majority of local men are more attracted to lighter skinned beauties. In Bangkok‘s red light district, there is an entire area catering to Pakistani, Indian, and Middle Eastern men. The women working there are not Thai, but Central Asian women with lighter skin. Combine this reality with Hollywood movies and pornography, and you end up with scores of Pakistani men who can only associate fair skinned women with prostitution and loose morals. Those Pakistanis who have lived and worked abroad in the West for longer periods of time know otherwise, but unfortunately the majority of the population has a strong association of white women as harlots.

On the other end of the pigment spectrum, darker skinned people can also have a hard time living in Pakistan. The words ‘negro’ and ‘nigger’ are commonly used to describe skin color, and they do not seem to set off alarm bells in anyone’s heads. When Pakistanis use these words, they are usually only using them to refer to the color of someone’s skin and should not be taken as an insult. In Pakistan, most of the upper class people have lighter skin, and many of the lowest caste have the darkest skin.

There is a strong system of caste in Pakistani and Indian society, even though the majority of the country adheres to Islam. Most families prefer to marry within their own caste and live with their own caste, or social group. Many people of the lowest socioeconomic class used to belong to the Hindu Dalit (untouchable) caste before converting to Christianity. Even after leaving the Hindu system, their caste stuck with them. There are even some middle class, educated families who refuse to allow ‘black’ Christians to work as cooks.

If you are a foreigner thinking of moving to Pakistan, it’s best to have these perceptions in mind before you set your feet on the ground. If you have lighter skin, you can expect to have a lot of respect merely because of your skin color. If you’re a white woman, it’s best to dress and act modestly as you need to overcome the stereotype that white women are easy to go to bed with. If you have darker skin, stay confident in yourself and don’t allow remarks on your skin color to bother you. Some locals may drive you a bit crazy trying to offer you solutions to make your skin whiter. I have really white skin, and I was offered skin bleaching almost every time I went to get my hair cut at a beauty salon.

If you’re part of an interracial couple, be prepared to be gawked at and questioned. For the lighter skinned partner, people may openly ask you (in front of your spouse) why you married a dark skinned person. They are not asking you this to offend you, they are honestly confused because this makes little sense in the local culture. One friend confided to me that the first time he left the country and saw a white woman with a black man he was shocked. He couldn’t imagine why the woman would choose to be with the darker skinned man. On the other hand, although at times you may feel uncomfortable, you have the opportunity to set an example to those around you.