Will
Smith
said
when
he
came
to
India
that
Bollywood
(he
pronounced
it
"Indian
film
industry")
and
Hollywood
should
get
together
and
make
movies
sometime.
He
said
that
there
should
be
a
trio
merge
of
Hollywood's
structure
and
Bollywood's
depth'n
colour
and
the
roles
that
their
movies
entail.
Well,
he
is
not
the
only
one
pushing
for
a
merge.
Nowadays
you
either
find
Bollywood
trying
to
be
like
Hollywood
or
Hollywood
trying
to
be
like
Bollywood.
Bollywood
has
a
fanfare
because
of
its
colour
in
nations
abroad
(while
I
sit
and
laugh
at
the
drill
exercises
they
call
dance
moves).
Bollywood
tries
to
reach
the
level
of
intimacy
that
love
and
related
scenes
have
in
Hollywood
movies.
Funny
thing,
they'd
touch
and
feel
but
never
go
the
distance.
Are
the
two
industries
looking
at
each
other
to
complete
themselves?
Hollywood,
I
can
say,
is
a
stand-alone
thing.
It
seems
to
me
that
they
got
their
stuff
right.
They
are
not
mixed
up
about
their
culture,
they
got
it
right.
When
they
come
to
Bollywood,
they
are
looking
to
purely
collaborate
two
art
forms
in
the
right
proportion.
But
here
in
Bollywood,
we
are
not
sure
what
statement
to
make
in
our
movies.
It
reflects
on
our
culture.
When
it
comes
down
to
what
makes
us
Indian,
we
are
pretty
confused
at
what
we
really
mean
by
that.
Our
pro-lingual'n
anti-lingual
disputes,
dress
codes
and
mindset
speak
of
a
culture
that
has
a
hold
on
us
that
we
don't
understand.
There
is
a
missing
link
somewhere.
We
know
that
we
are
Indian
and
want
to
feel
proud
of
it
but
we
don't
understand
enough
to.
We've
got
the
blood
but
we
don't
have
the
roots
set
firmly
in.
I
was
watching
Garam
Masala
and
there
was
this
well
expected
dance
sequence
followed
by
scenes
in
the
song
with
women
and
men
in
red
shorts
and
swimsuits
doing
a
"Baywatch"-running
in
slow
motion
and
bending
in
perfect
time
just
like
in
Baywatch.
The
fact
that
is
called
Bollywood
itself
is
the
first
clue
indicating
that
Bollywood
itself
is
not
supported
artistically
by
principles
of
its
own.
The
dress
codes
don't
speak
of
Indian
culture,
if
that
is
the
intention.
The
amount
of
skin
shown
is
not
with
the
approval
stamp
of
the
Indian
Culture.
Times
will
change,
so
will
trends
but
culture
doesn't.
To
roll
with
the
times
is
necessary
but
to
lose
yourself
in
the
process
is
wrong.
The
language
has
enough
English
in
it
to
make
it
a
"Hinglish" industry.
The
remixing
tactics
involving
rap-rock-hip
hop
style
doesn't
show
the
world
an
iota
of
what
the
culture
of
our
great
nation
is
all
about.
If
anything,
it
gives
them
a
wrong
impression
of
our
culture
and
its
principles.
Now
there
was
a
time
when
the
industry
infact
did
produce
movies
that
I
watched
but
now
it
doesn't.
If
the
industry
is
one
of
the
carriers
of
India,
it
has
done
nothing
to
that
affect.
It
has
only
marred
the
problem
deeper
changing
all
that
is
non-marketable
in
"Indianism" to
the
rest
of
the
world
in
it
for
the
rest
of
the
world's
pleasure.
There
is
nothing
to
get
distressed
about
in
the
fact
that
the
rest
of
the
world
does
not
get
the
Indian
Culture.
Neither
is
there
anything
to
celebrate
about
when
they
come
to
understand
it
.We
shouldn't
be
compromising
on
that
atleast
in
or
films.