Can Nollywood And Bollywood Ever Work Together?

the bollywood star I like the most is not in your list

ARE YOU SERIOUS, NOLLYWOOD AND BOLLYWOOD HAVE GIVEN HOLLYWOOD A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY? hOLLYWOOD MAKES MORE IN A YARE THAN BOLLY AND NOLLY COMBINED, INFACT HOLLYWOODS BIGGEST HIT FOR A YAER MAKES TEN TIMES MORE THAN ALL NOLLYWOOD FILMS OUT TOGETHER, SO DON'T THINK THAT HOLLYWOOD IS WORRIED ABOUT A SILLY RANKING, WHAT'S THIS PRIMARY SCHOOL?

AS PER YOUR NOLLYWOOD AND BOLLYWOOD COLLABO, GO COLLABO WITH SOUTH AFRICA FIRST. HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOU CAN PAY A BOLLY ACTOR WHEN THIER SALARY WILL MAKE 100 NOLLYWOOD FILMS.

@Captured

 Guy/Girl are you for real?
Forbes and Mnet? I bet you are one of the people who believes that Nollywood is actually the third/second largest film industry instead of third/second largest film producing nation. Forbes focuses on Cash and net worth, check it again. I am not just taking for the sake of talking i have written for international and local magazines and the movie s is my specialty and i actually want to see things get better here. Thank God for this forum where we can exchange views.

Ask yourself what kind of story are we going to come up with that will need the appearance of Bollywood stars? Are our styles similar (singing and dancing)? Will the films be in English?

It is not just enough to bring the stars, the move has to be justified. Its houldn't just be a way to boost Nolly cos if it goes wrong, it will be a blemish on the industry and such a collabo will never happen again, you get me?

@Captured
I never said i was against bollywood coming to Nigeria, but i say it should be under sensible circumstances. We should be learning from them and not trying to compare our selves with them, World position aside we cannot match their movies, even the ones from far back eg Disc dancer. So what do we have to offer them? a working relationship should benefit all parties involved. If Bolly is to come it will seem like charity cos we might gain, and i say might because we might just try to pose that we are working with Bolly instead of actually learning but what will the gain? definitely not money and definitely not fame.

After what u said about Forbes, i researched it and there was nothing on nollywood on Forbes, but i was able to learn that Bollywood is finally working with Hollywood, raking in big bucks and deals worth billions are being signed. Now this is because they improved by stepping up their production to near hollywood standard.

Let me ask you a question, If you start an airline and did a good job and had to enter a joint venture with Arik or Nigeria airways, which would you choose?

Logic!

Why can't we just shoot towards the stars if we can rather than the moon. We should collabo with Hollywood straight. Who said Brat Pitt doesn't want to act with Shan George or even Jenifer!

May be Bollywood,  but Nollywood,  no chance

May be in the quantity of movies produced

But quality
storyline
production

Not even close!!!
Bollywood has moved leap and bounds whereas Nigerian films are no different to the one they produced in the 80's

Quote of the century,  ha ha ha ha




India has over $400bn in reserve, US just borrowed over a Trillion

The reason it wont work is because, financially it wont suite the Bollywood actors/actresses they have professional actors that could easily cross over to Hollywood! Nollywood actors are a joke, theirs a major difference in acting a role and becoming the character being played…honestly theirs still a gulf between the industries and with Nollywood churning out over 200 movies a month leaves no room for improvement, to me the main concern is their pay cheque.

Ok we have Hollywood stars thinking about using Nollywood to shoot their films due to low cost in resources and production probably low tax rate. But at the end of the day the director, producer and main actors would all be foreigners and 99.5% of the revenue of the film would be going abroad.

Hmmm Brash!! I doubt it but have you seen Slumdog Millonaire?
If you haven't, It walked away with eight Oscar!!
Made up totally of all Indian/Bollywood cast but mostly British/American/Hollywood crew!!

There is nothing wanted of Nigeria in terms of HR and creativity that won't be found
We may pick holes with out distribution network, quality of movies, technology and finance
But i must tell you that most of these issues can and are already being surmounted.

I don't see why Nollywood characters can't interprete a Hollywood or Bollowood Script. . . .we are our own problems
We rile and fail to appreciate ours while congratulating others (yes they deserve it). If we are able to dominate the African Movie and entertainment , we can also dominate the world scene. I don't see a lot of Nollywood movies but we just need to surmount little challenges and we are there. As for the finances, lets fight and defeat the Alaba boys. After that we can measure the level of success.

We'll surely get there.
If Akon, Wyclef and Tuface have done Collabos with why not Jim Iyke, Stella Damasus and tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie and Eddie Murphy.




 

Its not about whether we appreciate our own or not, the reality is if you look at the Hindu films we saw back in the 70’s compared with the ones of today,  you could see the progress and the improvement,  But that cannot be said about Nigerian movies! The storylines are all the same, it’s like reading a Mill and Boon novel! They all end the same way. Am not staying that we wont reach but may be the problem is us Nigerians… last someone talked about an actress rejecting a nude scene! And everyone said it’s not our culture!!! Well that’s it, theirs no short cut! to catch a monkey you need to act like a gorilla, 

Brashy et Omar

Before i continue, can someone define what working together means?
Cos most of the things you guys harp on are largely production issues!!

Please guys,
I just noticed all over nairaland. if any potentially positive thing about Nigeria is mentioned, we all bash it to pieces.

Which will u prefer, an idiot who sits down all day doing nothing or one who tries to learn.

Bollywood/Nollywood will be a beautiful collaboration, and somehow, i hope those who plan it get things right.

I'm not a fan of Nollywood movies, but they can improve.

To all those like me who used to think that Nollywood was just for West Africa, you will be surprised, just like me if you go to some unlikely countries and the question people ask you when you tell them you are Nigerian is "Do you know Aki and pawpaw"

Yes they can work together!

Genevieve will be Sunita and Bob-manuel will be Dharmenda!
 

diz iz Naija,,,,,

or should I say Congowood!!!

In all honestly, theirs an issue with Indians about discrimination in the country, have you seen a black indian play a major role in an Hindu movie? no!! so what makes you think they would mix with Africans? I know it would benefit Nigeria but theirs no benefit for Bollywood

yes! they can.