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South Asian cinema

South Asian cinema refers to the cinema of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3] The broader terms Asian cinema, Eastern cinema and Oriental cinema in common usage often encompass South Asia as well as East Asia and Southeast Asia.[2]

Cinema is prominent in South Asia, with the Bollywood (representing the most-spoken language in the region of Hindi) and South Indian film industries being the most dominant.[4][5] Pakistan's Lollywood also is growing,[6] while historically, Bengali cinema was highly acclaimed by international film circles.[7][8]

The Far East as a cultural block includes East Asia (green), Southeast Asia (blue) and South Asia (orange).

Styles and genres

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The scope of South Asian cinema is huge and takes in a wide array of different film styles, linguistic regions, and genres. South Asian cinema is particularly famous in the West for:

Regional industries

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Bangladeshi cinema

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Main article: Cinema of Bangladesh

Bangladeshi cinema, is the Bengali language film industry based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The industry often generally referred to as Dhakai Cinema or Dhallywood, has been a significant film industry since the early 1970s. The 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and the first half of the 1990s were the golden years for Bangladeshi films as the industry produced many successful films. The industry has recently begun receiving international acclaim and many Bangladeshi films are getting released internationally.

Indian cinema

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Main article: Cinema of India

India contains many state languages which have film industries centered on them.

Nepali cinema

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Main article: Cinema of Nepal

Pakistani cinema

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Main article: Cinema of Pakistan

Others

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Some figures of South Asian cinema

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Directors

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Actors

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Actresses

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See also

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Further reading

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  • Contemporary Asian Cinema, Anne Tereska Ciecko, editor. Berg, 2006. ISBN 1-84520-237-6

References

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  1. ^ Dickey, Sara; Dudrah, Rajinder Kumar (2012). South Asian Cinemas: Widening the Lens.
  2. ^ a b Teo, Stephen (2013). The Asian Cinema Experience: Styles, Spaces, Theory.
  3. ^ Chaudhuri, Shohini (2005). Contemporary World Cinema: Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia.
  4. ^ Writer, Guest (2022-08-19). "Gliding Bollywood and Glittering Other South Asian Industries". Asian Movie Pulse. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  5. ^ "South Indian cinema takes over Bollywood in box office revenues". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  6. ^ Shabbir, Buraq. "A discussion on Pakistani cinema and its prospects". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  7. ^ Gooptu, Sharmistha. "Revisiting Bengali films in the 100th year of Indian cinema". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  8. ^ "Satyajit Ray: A Master of World Cinema". Hindustan Times. 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
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