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The Indian film industry is the largest in the world In terms of the number of films produced annually. Movie tickets in India are among the cheapest in the world. Bollywood is the informal name given to the film indutsry in India. Bollywood comes from the word of Bombay and Hollywood. There is a research about why Bollywood movies are so popular, and why the local is always satisfied with what Bollywood produces. These are the reasons: Most of people in India are living under poor condition of life, so their living standard is limited. Movies are their major entertainment. Bollywood movies are all major with singing and dancing, which are the important culture of India. Audiences are easy to be satisfied with the simple happiness as long as there are singing and dance scenes in the movies. Story background becomes less important. Bollywood dance is along with rhythm of Indian music. All actors and actresses must be good Bollywood dancers; otherwise, they are not suitable to be in any Bollywood movies. I am also a fan of Bollywood dance. I like the music rhythm and the way women dance. Their costume is wonderful. It’s very similar to belly dancing. Most of the Bollywood actresses are very beautiful. I am not surprise that many say Indian women are the most beautiful women in the world, because they really are.

Media always complains HK film industry is going down. Good actresses and good actors all have gone to overseas, and tried to succeed in Hollywood. The local production people are not doing good jobs. Some complain that HK audiences are too selective of types of movies we watch. Be honest, our movie story lines are very narrow; most are with gangster background. Some become popular lately because they are with Chinese history background, and supported with expensive decoration as well as fantastic costume. I guess the growth of movie industry is also very much related to the living standard of people in different places. We are not too demanding, but our local production is really not so interesting. The good production becomes less and less. Most of people like watching DVD movies at home, as there are not many good movies worth us buying tickets to see in the cinemas. A ticket costs HKD70.00 in general cinemas. It’s expensive when the movies are not so good.