Slumdog on the rise
With ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ making it big around the globe, there’s a
whole new focus on films made in India as Hollywood studios are vying to
join hands with Bollywood filmmakers.
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A scene from ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ |
‘Slumdog Millionaire’, shot in India with Indian actors and
musicians, is based on an Indian novel. The film is said to have opened
the doors of Hollywood to an industry that makes more than 1,000 movies
annually, with over 3 billion tickets sold.
Bollywood filmmakers recently signed a range of creative and
commercial deals with Hollywood production houses, studios and stars.
All deals came as a result of a booming economy over the past five
years, which made Indian moviemakers to dream about Hollywood.
And with ‘Slumdog’ winning eight Academy Awards, including Best
Picture, there is a feeling that US filmmakers will be interested in
India, and that the US will be hungry for Indian films.
“There is a natural synergy between the film industries in India and
the US India is a democracy, has a massive movie-going market and an
open entertainment policy with no government restriction,” the
Washington Post quoted Amit Khanna, chairman of Reliance Big
Entertainment, as saying.
He added: “We want to develop a global market for Indian movies,
content and talent, and also produce Hollywood films.”
Hollywood studios such as Warner Brothers, Walt Disney, Sony and Fox
are already co-producing movies in India. ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is
screening at Majestic cinema. |
