There was a time when there were no cinemas and movies. People have no means for entertainment. Then came an era of theatres.Theatre artists used to peform various plays.During this era, great artist like Prithvi Raj kapoor developed the concept of black and white movies.People enjoyed the still movies which were usually speechless.There were only movements on the screen.â€Charlie Chaplin†type of movies was famous in that era. There were basically theme based movies which use to convey some social message to the masses.A new concept of black and white movies came which proved to be a great source of entertainment. The dances of the artists were very simple. There were actors attired in simple costumes. The black and white movies gave a way to colored movies. This new development revolutionized the whole cinema world. More glamour was seen in the movies. The number of cinemagoers rose drastically.
The bollywood masala movies were made where fights and glamour added spice to the movie.Great dancer like Vijayanti mala was breed of that era. As time passed, Indian cinema also changed. Vamps like “Helen†started adoring the screens.Dances performed by Helen were great hit that time. Even in today’s film industry there is no match of Helen.There was another famous name of Bindu who later became popular as a character heroine. Kishore Kumar, Dev Anand are the names of those actors which cannot be forgotten. Actress like Nargis, Meena kumari are few names of hit list. “Mother India†which was a great hit of that time casted Nargis, Sunil Dutt.“Pakeeja†was the other movie which contain many melodious songs which are very famous even today. Dharemender, Jitender, Shasi kapoor, Rishi kapoor are the great actors of that time. Humor has always been a part of industry. We cannot forget great comedians like Tun Tun, Jonny walker, Mehmood cannot be forgetten. Roles of these great comedians were such effective that even the entertainment their movies provide even today is unmatched. Era of action movies came into existence with the birth of great actor like Amitabh Bachan. He became popular with the name of angry young man.
As the trend of movies changed, Fashion industry has also left its great impact on movies. Attires worn by actors have also gone a tremendous change.More and more fashion is shown in movies these days. Songs, compositions and sound effects which form a good movie have also gone through a number of phases.Songs which used to be simple in older days are now composed with digital effects.There are remixes of old songs which are big hit in the market. Commercial cinema goers have also changed their tastes with the time. Now a days films are made great crowd pullers by adding more glamour like loud song, obscene dialogues, vulgar dressed. No message is generally contained in these movies. Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Esha Deol, Aishwarya Rai and Sushmita Sen are great heroines of modern cinema. Among the heros, there are great heros like Ajay Devgan, Aamir khan, Salman Khan, Saif Ali khan are very popular. Indian film industry has gone through a number of changes.True goes the saying that actors may come or actors my go but industry goes on forever.