Aanchal Bajpai

Indian Hindi Film Industry, popularly known as Bollywood, is one of the strongest global cultural ambassadors of a new India. It has derived its name from the term Hollywood, which was given to the American Film Industry. Indian Cinema is one of the richest industry which produces the maximum number of movies in the world at around 1,500 to 2,000 every year in over 20 languages. Indian Cinema has evolved over a period of time. In the year 1931, the first silent feature film of India titled Raja Harishchandra produced and directed by Dadasaheb Phalke was released. This is the reason he is considered as the father of the Indian film industry and the most coveted award of Indian Cinema is named after him as Dadasaheb Phalke Award. In 1831, first Indian sound film titled Alam Ara was released. It was the directorial venture of Ardeshir Irani. It became so popular among the audience that Police had to be called in few theatres to control the crowd. In 1937, the first colour fi

After a month long controversy, the most hyped movie of 2017 finally released on 25 th Jan 2018. Padmaavat is a typical Sanjay Leela Bhansali venture where you travel to an altogether different world with impeccable cinematography, jaw dropping sets, most beautifully crafted jewelry and costumes. He indeed pays attention to every single detail of his film except for the storyline. I really had high expectations from this movie as everyone around me was going gaga over this film. But to my disappointment, it was nowhere close to my expectations. I don’t understand if it’s because the cuts that were made while censor board certification or the actual story was written in such a manner. Also, one thing that bothered me the most is that Jauhar was an event that happened during that era. There was absolutely no need to glorify it and showcase it with such heavy background score as if it was such a proud moment. If it actually was such a proud practice then it would have not been