This presentation is about, how cinema and Bollywood affects our society and culture.

1. Topic: Impact of Cinema and Bollywood on Society
and Indian Culture
Name: Rasila Jambucha
Semester: 4
Paper: 14 Mass Media and Communication
Roll no: 22
Year: 2013-2015
Submitted to: Smt. S.B.Gardi,
Department of English
M. K. Bhavnagar University

2. Impact of Cinema and Bollywood on Indian culture
 cinema – most powerful media for mass
communication
 before cinema – drama, stage acting
replaced by small screen productions
- televised serials and programmers replacing
craze

3. Impact of Cinema and Bollywood on Indian culture
 influences on popular Indian fashion
Outfit by an actor or actress in a hit movie
immediately become a trend
 designs are named and famous after movie
i.e. Anarcali suit (Mughal-e-Azam)
Jodha Akbar (in jewelry)

4. Negative impact of cinema and Bollywood on
society and Indian culture
 Bollywood is promoting western life style
 youth follow it like it is some holy Gita, Quran, or
Bible
 film industry affects the youth a lot
- now days movies are without stories, logics,
completely vulgar
- showing unreal & impossible scenes (people are
crazy behind these)

5.  youth – going to bar, drinking, smoking is cool
- those who do not do – not enjoying life
 traditionally dressed boys or girls – old models,
villagers
 spoiling the youth life
- use of bad language
- how to flirt with girl
 children's are influenced by bad parts
 movie shows, extra marital affairs,
prostitution, smuggling, gambling etc.
 presenting women as an object

7. Positive impact of cinema and Bollywood on
society and Indian culture
Raised the issue of
Widow’s remarriage

8. Find virtue of
representing elders

9. Give voice to youth angst
about the nation’s corrupt
politics and politicians

10.  in some movies, women as strong –independent
character, make decision for her self
 some movies gives knowledge
i.e. 3 idiots, Tare zamen par
 contribute in issues – literacy, poverty, dowry
etc.

11. conclusion
 every movie has good and bad things – depends
on your mind how to take it
 positive side – moral message or discuss about
some contemporary issue
 negative side –no logic, use of “item dance”

12. Work citation
http://www.desiblitz.com/content/impact-
bollywood-indian-culture
http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-negative-
impacts-of-Bollywood-movies-or-stars-on-Indian-
society-or-youth-culture
http://www.indiabix.com/group-discussion/films-
are-corrupting-the-indian-youth/
http://rakhirajvanshi.blogspot.in/2012/05/bollyw
ood-and-its-impact-on-society.html
http://www.ukessays.com/essays/film-
studies/indian-cinema-and-its-impact-on-society-
film-studies-essay.php