Why do Africans and Arabs love Bollywood?
A neat article over at the Hindustani Times about the universal language: Bollywood! Its appeal is clear even in non-Hindi speaking countries. Why? Because you don’t need to understand the words to understand the stories.
Critics always turn up their noses at Bollywood’s exaggerated style of story-telling but that is exactly what makes them successful, opined United Nations under secretary general and author Shashi Tharoor and actress Amisha Patel.
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Tharoor pointed out that since Indian films have over-the-top acting and narration, they have easily overcome the barriers of language.
“Hindi movies are popular even in Africa and Arab countries. A Senegalese woman can appreciate Bollywood movie without knowing Hindi and without benefit of subtitles,” he said.
An interesting Idea, but here’s another one: they’re just plain fun to watch .
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