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Work, Life and Leisure
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Give explanations for the following:

Why a number of Bombay films were about the lives of migrants?

Answer

The reasons for films being about lives of migrants:

(i)Most of the people in the film industry were themselves migrants who came from cities like Lahore, Calcutta, Madras and contributed to the national character of the industry.

(ii)Those who came from Lahore, then in Punjab, were especially important for the development of the Hindi film industry.

(iii)Bombay films have contributed in a big way to produce an image of the city as a blend of dream and reality, of slums and star bungalows.

 

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