What is the 'difference' in a Hollywood film and a Bollywood film?

Quality , content, good story line, are there in Hollywood movies

Bollywood moveis have

1) Dance,

2) Scantily clad girls

3) Item song

4) faltoo action

hollywood and bollywood comparison is not easy as seem

for the good film viewers and critics hollywood will be the best which is also my choice, but we should not forget what we have got here in india and what they have got? 80crore a mximum for us while 1000 crore is the averagehollywood blockbluster flicks' expenditure.this disparity leads to their technical perfection. but we can excell in non technical section such as screenplay , direction cinematography etc.

crap movies are also in hollywood but not as much as in india.but crap movies doesnt become huge hits there, which is not the case in india just take the last three much hyped movies chandnichowk,kambakth ishq, and rabne banadi jodi. i was shocked really shocked to see these films doin so bad at screen they spent millions to improve technical aspects and boasted a very pathetic theme and screenplay.many scenes were shear replica of hollywood movies.is that how they compete with hollywood?

lets to the best

with the basic elements of film making then we will compete hollywood.

but lets not forget those who made par with hollywod films jodha akbar , devd chakde are few recent among its class.

but i believe strongly one day bollywood also will rise to western level

Unfortunately, nowadays, we don't have that "Indianism" in Bollywood movies. Earlier, when I was small,every movie was a representation of Indian society and culture.May it be Mugal-e-azam or Pakizah,every movie had "INDIA" in it.But nowadays, unfortunately,in the race of becoming westernised, we are trying to copy their style and loosing our morals and "Indianism" from our movies........

Because i can not select bitter than hollywood (the option is not given), in fact there is only one reason for which i can support bollywood as good as hollywood, and that is the difference between investment. A good bollywood movie with super stars cost around 5 million american doller, while in hollywood a good movie with stars like brad pitt, say "Troy" cost around 180 million american doller (thats too without the marketing cost which was around 50 million doller ), thats make a total of 230 million doller against a 5 million doller, so we are far away technically from hollywood because we are far away from investment point of view. so whatever our makers are producing, it is entertaining us, less or more whatever, but its good to see our industry working on such a low budget in comparison of hollywood....

Of course as good as hollywood

They use technology to the hilt

They use below the belt words and actions to the hilt

We are not far away,We ape them in all these and more (cause we have the dance scenes where we can show more vulgarity in many forms which they do not have)

There is a very basic difference between a Hollywood film from a Bollywood film, and that is the suffering of the extra 90 mins. If Bollywood learns the art of precision and to be concise, then it could be at par with Hollywood films.

In 2008 there were very good Indian movies which came to Malaysia and it was appreciated by not only the Indian-Expats but also the locals, the movies were : A Wednesday- Neeraj Pandey, Heroes- Samir Karnik.

Mr. Ajay and Markand, even i can come with classics in hollywood like Sound of Music, One night at Tiffany's, The Untouchables, The God father series, the list is innumerable here, even though Bollywood makes more films than anyone in the world in a year, but they lack content and just follow the routine stuff with usual that one can associate with bollywood...Hollywood is Niche interms of presentattion of emotions, even though they lack in acting skills with the bollywood counterparts they compensate that with other stuff with background score,visual effects,and all those technicality stuff, and the way they present their emotions is right on the button one can really feel that..as they do a lot of research before starting a movie just to get that 100% perfection. But in bollywood mostly it depends on who the actor is and not on content and the Film, here actors take center stage than the Film itself, but in Hollywood Film and the director take the center stage than the actors...so again Hollywood is way much better than Bollywood, and then i also agree with Smitha's comment, as still some practices in bollywood is hampering its growth as she has mentioned.....over to you ppl.......

Arrey Mr. Makarand, u got it all wrong. Incomparable bcoz of social value, tradition,ethics, storyline & execution. I m a staunch follower of hindi cinema from Raj Kapoor to Ashu Gowarikar. Till today I find solace in Lata & Rafi soulful voice. But whn we see that indian film fraternity follow the west style that frustrates us. We dont lack in good script & gr8 directors but then why only the flop disgusting, show stealers get all the attention and the real actors, directors sulk in the oblivion. Amir khan was the only guy who stood apart and yet wht he got, was unnecessary flak. Now audience &media are able to understand wht acting is all about. Who can match the immensely subtle & articulative films of Hrishida. When Amitabh acted in his films he was not appreciated as much as whn he started acting melodramatically as so called angry young man. This is whr we lack the punch. there are real actors who deliver real doses of pure cinematic excellence but the exposure it deserves is not there. Today we have Ashu Gowarikar, the best in direction & story telling yet wht he gets is slack critiscm from so called pathetic show anchors. This is not acceptable. Bollywood is busy appreciating skin exposure&following unnecessary actors rather than concentrating on strong ideation & execution. If Holly has good locales we have classic Kashmir, ooty & whole of India. So its an irrevelant point. As u say we have immense talent but do we have the required exposure. Bolly is busy promoting disgusting casting couch than arranging acting,script, direction classes. Discrepancies are here and there too. But are we making the most of what we have. We have the strongest of potential but bolly is busy apeing the west, why? We ahve a strong bank of ideas & concepts with talent to execute but how many are there to support. 

Cinema is an art and art is beauty and beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. No comparison hence.

smita wonderful,

imagine : govida prancing around saying " main to bhel puri kha raha thaa . ladki guma raaha tha "

nowhere near :

the movies of steven seagel and the one & the only stallone ( aka RAMBO )OR THE POW MOVIES OF 2ND WORLD WAR, EVEN WATCH INVINCIBLE ( FREEDOM BEGINS WITH AN ACT OF DEFIANCE)

PURE REALISM AND PRACTICALITY

I AM WITH YOU SMITA:

TOLLYWOOD IS BETTER AS COMPARED TO BOLLYWOOD ( INFREDIBLE KAMAL HASSAN AKA HINDUSTANI)

The debate is incomparable. Bollywood is too melodramatic & Hollywood is utmost realistic. But if we have some very high class films so do they have some really flop movies, both in storyline, concept & execution. But then our audience is varied as well. Still today our regional films are based on "pativrata patni" & are running succesfully whereas hollywood guys are experimenting with class level technology(Transformers). They handle emotions incredibly sensitively. They actually are heartrending. The knowledge, R&D, & the detailed study of their subject is so foolproof & enhanced,they leave very little scope for error. But to understand this logic & presentation one needs an audience of that calibre, hence a timpepass guy of bombay will bullshit it, when he is expecting a latka jhatka nuisance. Today's new breed of directors, Anurag Basu & co. are a total sellout.Buy yet how many of our audience can understand the mindset behind each scene. Hollywood directors find a script that is strong and follow their heart rather than follow the actor. Guys like abhay deol, nitin mukesh who really deliver must be hailed for their strong acting potential and directors who can extract this potential should be applauded. Bollywood has strong technology & emotional faculties but i guess the filthy mindset of producers & so on must change & then only bollywood can come to 2% of what hollywood is.   

I do not agree to Mohen..

Bollywood cannot be compared to hollywood atleast technology wise and money invested. And I would say why would you like to be a part of their mainstream. We are self sufficient in Awards. Our films might be better at story but the quality does have an impact.

i too agree with Himanshu and Tanmay here...Hollywood is somewhere where bollywood can't catch up even after 20-30 years...as they are so much ahead of us interms of content, technology,scripts,and moreover budget...and i am a big fan of movies infact...i watch all kinds of movies...from hollywood,bollywood, to Telugu, tamil, and Kannada movies...and what i get from hollywood is uncomparable entertainment and complete paisa vasool.....so bollywood can't be better than hollywood markand........sorry but that is the fact......

I like Hollywood products a lot,

I mean I never wonder about Bollywood, I think hollywood is more interested  than Bollywood, hollywood is wide!

Well, I would say as good as Hollywood but not better ofcourse. As Himanshu has put it, I admire the technical quality and the research. The content they put to a movie is just beyond you get to see in Bollywood. Makrand, if you thinks Jodaa Akbar is worth watching, I was thinking of Gladiator when I was watching this movie. Troy is another example. The war just comes alive to you. For that matter, Gandhi as in the Hollywood movie is just Father of the Nation. I do not have a Bollywood movie from us, the very people whom he actually represent, which can compare. Even in love, song and emotions, Hollywood has produced Sound of Music, You have got mail, Shrek and many of those Julia Roberts classics. Plus, you see, action and animations and what not.

Having said that, Bollywood has indian back drop. We get familiar background. Heroes and Heronies living our life in dreamy situations. The celebrations that we get to see in Bollywood movies are not there in Hollywood movies. This I think entertain us like anything. We are slowly catching up with content and tchnology as well. If we stop comparing and start learning from Hollywood, we have a lot of growth to see in Bollywood.

Hollywood means ACTION

Bollywood means LOVE, SONGS, EMOTIONS

Now we are much better in actions also

I am not saying we are lower than Hollywood...but we cannot compare ourselves here with them  as Bollywood and hollywood is totally different entities as Bollywood movies are made mostly for Indian audience and Hollywood is made for the Global audience ...and  they are way too forward than us in terms of technicality and budget, and they have such a vast history that...they are having more than 20,000 books on just screenplay in the libraries there...here you find hardly 200 books in India in Bollywood...its just that they put in so much effort while making movies they take so much time nearly 1-2 years to make the movie..as they want everything to be perfect and create that Wow factor...and thats why Hollywood is so successfull....and here in Bollywood you can see the movies wrapping up in 3- 6 months or utmost 1 year in case of Aamir khan movies...so i'll stick to my views as i have said before....over to you.........

With the advent of technology, making a film and then making it look spectaular has become relatively easy. Grandeur in a film is the backdrop of the story, idea and the location on which it is shot! Reality in cinema has infused a newer thought and a thrill in watching it in the confines of a multiplex. Overall we have got the people and the technology today to make films as good as hollywood! Lets talk about it!