Bollywood

Bollywood – Cinema of Melodramatic Musicals

Melodrama and music are key ingridients of Bollywood. Very few movies, mostly parallel cinema, try to be different – but mainstream film makers and masses both love the ‘masala’. And why not, if rightly positioned, a few melodramatic scenes or a few good songs and vibrant dance sequences can make the movie a runaway success at box office.

Hollywood

Cinema world’s tribute to Natasha Richardson

Actress Dame Judi Dench told the BBC: “She had an incredibly luminous quality that you seldom see, and a great sense of humor … I thought she was a really great actress.”