Are you a fan of Bollywood movies? With 2,000 of them produced every year, there are after all good and unhealthy ones, however their presence is an integral a part of Indian society.
The Quai Branly Museum takes a in-depth take a look at the historical past of this phenomenon that may flip actors and actrices into veritable Bollywood Superstars, and it’s not removed from our inns!
For greater than a century now, the Indian movie trade has been exhibiting its variety in addition to its generally very inflexible framework for movies which might be as quite a few as they’re vibrant.
From the silent films of the Nineteen Twenties to the megaproductions of the twenty first century, Bollywood has ceaselessly tailored and entertained, from representations of conventional Hindu tales to superhero films. The songs, kinds and topics have advanced, however movies are nonetheless a wildly well-liked type of leisure, and the nation’s movie trade is a vital a part of Indian life and tradition.
The exhibition explores the roots of Indian cinema within the well-liked arts (travelling storytellers, shadow theatre and magic lanterns), the significance of the primary mythological and historic movies, the place of dance in movies, the golden age of Hindi cinema between 1940 and 1960, arthouse cinema (there’s extra to it than simply Satyajit Ray), the beginnings of the Indian star system through the Seventies, and way more.
Linked with the exhibition there are quite a few fascinating occasions deliberate:
— Bollywood Sundays, with totally different dance occasions every Sunday (detailed data for every week will be discovered right here),
— a particular ball on the final Sunday of the exhibition, 14th January 2024,
— guided visits…
… and for French-speaking children there’s a PDF leaflet to obtain right here and a video games sheet right here.
The complete line-up of occasions (and there’s rather a lot) will be consulted right here, and an English catalogue of the exhibition is obtainable right here out of your native Amazon for round 40€.
The exhibition Bollywood Superstars is on the Quai Branly Museum (right here) till 14th January 2024
Open on daily basis besides Monday from 10.30am-7pm (10pm Thursdays)
Admission: 12€ / 9€
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