Going to the pictures was an outing, the cinema hall had an exciting decaying ambience and I enjoyed being among people although separated from them by a double veil. Little did I know that going to the movies was to provide me with an insight into Pakistani society and the way women are placed within that society.
Indian cinema is a very popular form of entertainment.
India produces more films than any other nation -in 16 languages. Production of the 180 or so films per year in the Hindi language is dominated by the Bombay Studios. There are few filmmakers known for art films. This expresses the lack of definite genre and its uniqueness as popular or mass culture. Masala basically means spices.