No one
makes musicals in Hollywood. It is a story of bygone era. But an exception to
the decline of the musical film is Indian cinema,
especially the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai
(formerly Bombay), where the majority of films have been and still are
musicals. The majority of films produced in the Tamil
industry based in Chennai (formerly Madras), Telugu industry based in Hyderabad,
and Malayalam industry are also musicals.
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Influence on Western films
In the
2000s, Bollywood musicals played an instrumental role in the revival of the
musical film genre in the Western world. Baz Luhrmann
stated that his successful musical film Moulin Rouge!
(2001) was directly inspired by Bollywood musicals. The film thus pays homage
to India, incorporating an Indian-themed play based on the ancient Sanskrit
drama The Little Clay Cart and a Bollywood-style
dance sequence with a song from the film China Gate. The Guru and The 40-Year-Old Virgin also feature
Indian-style song-and-dance sequences; the Bollywood musical Lagaan
(2001) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign
Language Film; two other Bollywood films Devdas (2002) and Rang De
Basanti (2006) were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film;
and Danny Boyle's
Academy Award
winning Slumdog Millionaire (2008) also features a
Bollywood-style song-and-dance number during the film's end credits.
Acknowledgement:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_film
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