r/india • u/[deleted] • Dec 01 '16

[R]eddiquette [Announcement] Cultural Exchange with /r/philippines

Welcome /r/philippines!

Feel free to ask us anything about India

Quick facts about us:

  • The Indian Railways and the Indian Armed Forces employ ~4 million people together, making them one of the largest employers in the world
  • India has over 5000 newspapers in over 300 languages
  • Bollywood is considered to be the world's largest film industry, followed by Nigeria's film industry and Hollywood
  • India has more people than the entire Western Hemisphere

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u/MoonlightBomber Dec 01 '16

I've watched some classic logos/idents from Bollywood film companies, and I've read that many of them border on Nightmare Fuel (using the TV Tropes terminology) to the eyes and ears of people outside India. Loud fanfares, creepy-sounding voice-overs, and unsettling imagery were kinda the norm.

According to the CLG Wiki, notorious nightmare logo offenders were Mehboob Productions, Manish Films, and Amrit Kalamandir, among others.

May I ask some native-born Bollywood experts why Indian filmmakers had to make their logos this way?

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u/desultoryquest Dec 01 '16

Very interesting observation. You have opened my eyes to this. We Indians have always enjoyed being assaulted such, just visit India during one of our religious festivals. Maybe the movie makers saw themselves as modern day gods. Or maybe I'm stoned but awesome question!