Abstract
The author introduces the popular films of Bombay—or of Bollywood, as it is familiarly known—via that industry's odd but practical proclivity for reworking Western film scripts. The article assesses several recent Hindi film socials (i.e., romance and family dramas) adapted from Western storylines to highlight the differing expectations and values at work and at play within the Hindi film (particularly as regards family and gender roles), and to illustrate the culturally unique and obligatory incorporation of dharma, or sacred duty.
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