{"id":5333,"date":"2013-05-24T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2014-01-10T14:34:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T09:04:56","slug":"abc-of-bollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/movies\/abc-of-bollywood","title":{"rendered":"ABC of Bollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a 100 years of Indian cinema, it is high time for the industry to have it&#8217;s own alphabet.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s my ABC for one of the most important Cs in India &#8211; Cinema.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No\u00a0 A for &#8220;apple&#8221; and\u00a0 B for \u201cball.\u201d Both the letters would be taught together. AB for \u201cAmitabh Bachchan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>C for \u201ccamera and cinematography\u201d &#8211; most important for any movie. Without it, there would be no &#8220;lights&#8221; and &#8220;action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>D for the \u201cdirector,&#8221;\u00a0 the captain of the ship.<\/p>\n<p>E for &#8211; now this is easy! &#8211;\u00a0 \u201cEntertainment, Entertainment and Entertainment&#8221;\u201c No prizes for guessing the person who gave this mantra! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>F for fans. If stars make the movie, it&#8217;s the <em>fans<\/em> who make the stars.<\/p>\n<p>G for glycerine. Yes, the most essential of all cosmetics. Melodrama will be left only with &#8220;melo&#8221; and no &#8220;drama&#8221; without this.<\/p>\n<p>H for horror and <em>hassi<\/em> (laughter). We love both, don&#8217;t we ? Or, should I say <em>hassi<\/em> at hindi horror films! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>I for Inspiration. Copied ? Plagiarised? These words don&#8217;t exist in our dictionary. It&#8217;s quite another thing that everything from our stories to music to posters not to forget the name Bollywood are copied! Oops! Sorry,\u00a0 just \u201cinspired\u201d by our Hollywood counterparts. We believe in \u201cinspired living!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>J for just (honest) artists. Yes, I prefer to refer them by this name. They make the crowd in the movies and seem to get lost in it without getting their due.<\/p>\n<p>K\u00a0 for \u201cK\u201d!\u00a0 Yes, the letter most film makers swear as the sure-shot formula for a super hit.<\/p>\n<p>L is for love and romance &#8211; immortalised by Bollywood to such an extent that every girl dreams about a love story like <em>DDLJ<\/em> and a Raj in her life!<\/p>\n<p>M is for the quintessential Hindi movie <em>&#8216;maa&#8217;<\/em> and above all cine<em>maa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>N is for the<em> naach gaana <\/em>for which Hindi films are best known.<\/p>\n<p>O is for outdoor shoots &#8211; one of the major reasons for a thriving tourism industry.<\/p>\n<p>P is for producer. Or, more importantly, <em>paisa<\/em>! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Q is for Q &amp; A&#8217;s. Endless questions from fans, family, friends and, of course, the paparazzi &#8211; who would ask about everything other than movies.<\/p>\n<p>R is for rumors, rumours and more rumours! There is no escaping them when part of the film industry.<\/p>\n<p>S is for the script. Actors do stuff only if the script demands. (Pun intended)<\/p>\n<p>T is for trends. Be it clothes or hairstyles, Bollywood has been the trendsetter for anything and everything.<\/p>\n<p>U for U (Universal) and U\/A to A (Adults). Bollywood has something for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>V is for voice &#8211; from dialogue delivery to background score. Vijay Dinanath Chauhan would not have been the same without Amitabh Bachchan&#8217;s baritone.<\/p>\n<p>W is for the warning: \u201cAll letters in this list are fictitious. Any truth in the meaning is purely coincidental.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>X is for the X-factor that makes films so glamorous.<\/p>\n<p>Y is for youthful. Who can say that Indian cinema is a 100 years old ?<\/p>\n<p>Z for zzzzz (sleep). No, it&#8217;s for zestful! Bollywood is an industry which <em>never<\/em> sleeps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a 100 years of Indian cinema, it is high time for the industry to have it&#8217;s own alphabet.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s my ABC for one of the most important Cs in India &#8211; Cinema. &nbsp; No\u00a0 A for &#8220;apple&#8221; and\u00a0 B for \u201cball.\u201d Both the letters would be taught together. 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