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What is Bollywood Films

Anthropological Approaches to Understanding Consumption Patterns and Consumer Behavior
A large body of commercial films produced after Indian independence. They are made in Hindi and other languages like Urdu. Bollywood films are highly popular in Indian subcontinent, Asia, Russia, Middle East. It is also popular among Indian diasporas in South Africa, the Caribbean, the US, and Europe. These films are mainly produced from a city called Bombay and hence the name is Bollywood films. These films typically incorporate a mixture of genres, with music, melodrama, romance, action, mythologies and social dramas.
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How Bollywood Filmdom Operates in India and in the International Arena: Consumption of Bollywood
Nandini Sen (Heriot Watt University, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3115-0.ch011
Abstract
The chapter discusses the influence and impact of product placement of Bollywood cinema. It examines the different strategies adopted in Bollywood movies for promotional purposes in India and internationally. It does an evaluation of the effectiveness of this type of communications, including deciding about travel destinations and concentrates on the viewer's recall on the consumption of the product and its impact on improving brand image. The chapter is also to understand the consumer buying behaviour in terms of Bollywood. It assesses the product placement of Bollywood in India based on its popularity and the diversity in the types of placements and was analysed using ethnography as a method tool. From the study it was observed that the importance of Bollywood movies on masses is evident in India and internationally. Consumers feel that the advertisements should be entertaining and the same should be conjoined with the storyline in order to convey the brand message in the best possible way. The chapter tries to locate the solutions and recommendations of the Bollywood film crisis.
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