CASEY DAVIS, GARRETT DAUCH, ANDJASMINE COLEMAN
A Passage to Hollywood
A New Genre Arrives
Collaboration between India and United States
Blends Indian themes and story lines with American specialeffects
Due to the recent American credit crunch,Hollywood studios have looked to new sources offinancing
Reliance ADA Group invested $500 million in StevenSpielberg last year
Have announced future investing in movies starring Brad Pitt, JimCarrey, Tom Hanks, and many other A list movie stars
Big time Indian movies cost $20 million versusHollywood’s $100 million movies.
Current Statistics of Hollywood vs. Bollywood
Hollywood
Ticket sales fell to $9.6 billion
Attendance is down 5% from 2007
Bollywood
Film industry has grown 15% annually
Projected to hit $4 billion by 2012
Up from $1.9 billion in 2007
Up and Coming Collaborations
Paul Schrader (screenwriter for “Taxi Driver” and“Raging Bull) is working with an Indian producer.
Sylvester Stallone will appear in “Kambakkht Ishq”or also known as “Incredible Love”
Shot in California
Starring Akshay Kumar (Indian movie star)
“Broken Horses”
English-language gangster movie
Indian writer, Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Successes Thus Far
“Slumdog Millionaire”
A rags-to-riches storyabout the slums ofMumbai
Grossed more than $69million in U.S. so far
Nominated for 10Academy Awards
Including Best Picture
Big Name Indian Movie Stars
Abhishek Bachchan
Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan
Kareena Kapoor
Akshay Kumar
Shahrukh Khan
Possible Downfalls
American audiences may not like Indian-style songand dance numbers paired with melodramaticstaples.
Example 1: In 2007, Columbia produced “Saawariya,” whichonly earned $885,574 in American theatres.
Example 2: Last month, Warner Brothers released “ChandniChowk to China,” a Bollywood kung fo movie. It has grossed atotal of $916,214.
American movie’s, such as “Spider-Man 3,” havedone well in America, but 95% of Indian box officesare made up of Indian movies.
“Hisss”
American Director
Indian Stars
Scheduled to open inIndia and U.S. this fall
Hollywood special effects
Bollywood song-and-dance
Shot in Mumbai
Ancient myth about asnake goddess who takeshuman form
Jennifer Lynch (Hisss)
Lynch is the director of“Hisss”
American
People translate herdirections to Indianworkers
Brought a level oforganization that’slacking in mostBollywood productions
Scouted own locations
Mapped out each sceneon storyboards
