1. November 8, 2011

2. Bollywood vs. Hollywood  Bollywood films are made by companies headquartered in Bombay (Mumbai) Bollywood  Bollywood makes twice as many films per year as Hollywood but in several Indian languages and with much lower budgets  The largest number of films are made in Hindi  Other languages include Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu and Gujarati

3. Standard Bollywood Format  Song and DanceDance  Melodramatic Plots  Mostly puritanical boy-girl elements although with plenty of romance Bollywood Star Aishwarya Rai

4. Films Produced per year, Major Countries

5. India Supplies Its Own Film Demand

6. Serious Films Made in India before 1998  Pather Panchali (1955) Pather Panchali  Aparajito (1956) Aparajito  The Music Room (1958) The Music Room  The World of Apu (1959) The World of Apu  Shakespeare-Wallah (1965) Shakespeare-Wallah Satyajit Ray James Merchant and Ismail Ivory

7. Serious Films made in India since 1998  Satya (1998) Satya  Lagaan (2001) Lagaan  Devdas (2002) Devdas  Rang De Basanti (2006) Rang De Basanti  The Darjeeling Limited (2007) The Darjeeling Limited  Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Slumdog Millionaire

8. Taj Mahal