The Bollywood Effect : Bollywood News

From time immemorial, cinema has been entertaining us week after week, month after month, year after year, decade after decade and even generation after generation. However, now the reach of Hindi films extends right from Rai Bareilly to Rio De Janeiro and from Chandni Chowk to China. Bollywood (as the Hindi film industry is popularly known as) is no longer just a means of entertainment; in more ways than one, its become a way of life. We at Bollywood Hungama bring you the various ways in which our lives have been influenced by Bollywood.

From the Big screen to the Small Screen

While Television was always considered as the younger brother of the silver screen, these days, T.V. channels and shows are filled with Bollywood celebs. After Big Bs sagging career got a fresh lease of life with Kaun Banega Crorepati, every actor worth his salt decided to try his hand on the small screen. Actors like SRK, Akshay Kumar, Manisha Koirala, Anupam Kher have been seen on the small screen as hosts of game shows.

Not just as hosts, Bollywood stars are a regular feature these days on reality shows and call it coincidence or what; they time their visit just around their films release.

Forget the actual shows but even the commercial breaks between shows invariably feature countrys biggest actors (be it Big B or SRK or Deepika or Priyanka) endorsing a product or a service.

And if you thought thats all the presence Bollywood has on the small screen, you couldnt be further from the truth. A popular music channel even came out with this whole new trend of spoofing Bollywood flicks. So you had a Ghoom which was a hilarious spoof on Dhoom, Bechaare Zameen Par which was a funny take on Taare Zameen Par and Cheque De India which by now you must have guessed is a take on SRK starrer Chak De India. Love it or hate it but you cant ignore the presence of Bollywood on television.