Most Popular Bollywood Movies In Brazil

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Kolkata, Nov 17 (UNI) Believe it or not three Bollywood blockbusters- Don, Dhoom and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna - are presently the three most popular films in Brazil drawing huge crowds everyday at various cinema halls and multiplexes across the vast South American Country, claimed well-known Brazilian film producer Mauricio Andrade Ramos.

Speaking to UNI at the ongoing 12th Kolkata Film Festival here, after the screening of the film produced by him ''Brasilla 18%'', Mr Ramos said since the new Left Democract government came to power about six years ago, the cultural ties between India and Brazil have become far more stronger.

As a result, he said, more and more Indian films, mostly popular Hindi movies, were being screened in different Brazilian cities including Rio-De-Janeiro, Sao Paolo and the capital Brisillia and drawing large audience everywhere.

Describing it as a new trend among the young Brazilian movie goers, Mr Ramos, however, felt that ultimately in the long run it might have an adverse affect on the Brazilian film industry which produce about 70 to 80 films every year.

He said in absence of any film censorship in his country for long, the quality of most of the Brazilian made cinema was unsatisfactory.

As such only about five films could come up to the world standard every year and become eligible for showing in different international festivals, he added.

He, however, fully subscribed to the idea that Brazilian film industry has to learn a lot from their Indian counterparts particularly in the areas of film production and other technical aspects and felt that becauase of these qualitative differences and for a pure sense of entertainment most of the Indian films have been drawing large crowds in Brazil and several other South American countries like Chile and Paraguay.

Speaking about his own film, which directed by renowned Brazilian film maker Nelson Pereira Dos Santos and shown house full in the festival last night, Mr Ramos said the storyline centred around a tangled web of corruption that seemingly touches everyone's heart.

Since the film also revolved around the present political situation in his own country, it took him about two years since 2003 to produce the movie overcoming several hurdles on the way. He, however, did not elaborate.

Coming back to the problems facined by the Brazilian film ndustry, Mr Ramos regretted the lack of government support in production of good films.

But, he said, like India, of late a number of corporate houses have come forward by extending financial assistance towards the production of films with a good storyline and a good director.

''If the trend continues the future of Brazilian film industry is as bright as that of Bollywood,'' Mr Ramos felt.

Asked about the impact of Hollywood movies in his country, like the same facing by some of his Latin American neighbouring countries, Mr Ramos blamed them for allegedly creating a new senseless generation' to whom sex and violence are the ultimate entertainment.