New Bollywood (1990s–present)
New Bollywood (1990s–present)
In the late 1980s Hindi cinema experienced another period of stagnation with a decline in box office turnout due to increasing violence decline in musical melodic quality and rise in video piracy leading to middle-class family audiences abandoning theatres. The turning point came with Yash Chopra's musical romance Chandni (1989) starring Sridevi. It was instrumental in ending the era of violent action films in Indian Cinema and rejuvenating the romantic musical genre.[121] It also set a new template for Bollywood musical romance films that defined Hindi cinema in the coming years.[122
Commercial Hindi cinema grew in the late 80s and 1990s with the release of Mr. India (1987) Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) Chaalbaaz (1989) Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) Lamhe (1991) Saajan(1991) Khuda Gawah (1992) Khalnayak (1993) Darr (1993)[103] Hum Aapke Hain Koun.! (1994) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995) Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) Pyar Kiya Toh Darna Kya (1998) and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). Cult classic Bandit Queen (1994 Shekhar Kapur) received international recognition and controversy.[123][124] ca-app-pub-2134924070185638/6035557322
In the late 1990s Parallel Cinema began a resurgence in Hindi cinema largely due to the critical and commercial success of crime films such as Satya (1998) and Vaastav (1999). These films launched a genre known as Mumbai noir[125] urban films reflecting social problems there.[126]
Since the 1990s the three biggest Bollywood movie stars have been the Three Khans: Aamir Khan Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.[127][128] Combined they starred in the top ten highest-grossing Bollywood films. The three Khans have had successful careers since the late 1980s[127] and have dominated the Indian box office since the 1990s.[129][130] Shah Rukh Khan was the most successful for most of the 1990s and 2000s while Aamir Khan has been the most successful since the late 2000s[131] according to Forbes Aamir Khan is arguably the worlds biggest movie star as of 2017 due to his immense popularity in India and China.[132] Other Hindi stars include Akshay Kumar Ajay Devgan Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit and Kajol Haider (2014 Vishal Bhardwaj) the third instalment of the Indian Shakespearean Trilogy after Maqbool (2003) and Omkara(2006)[133] won the Peoples Choice Award at the 9th Rome Film Festival in the Mondo Genere category making it the first Indian film to achieve this honour.[134]
The 2010s also saw the rise of a new generation of popular actors like Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra, Sushant Singh Rajput, Arjun Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur and Tiger Shroff, as well as actresses like Vidya Balan, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif, Kangana Ranaut, Deepika Padukone, Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Sonakshi Sinha, Jacqueline Fernandez, Shraddha Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, with Balan and Ranaut gaining wide recognition for successful female-centric films such as The Dirty Picture (2011), Kahaani (2012)., Queen and Tanu Weds Manu Returns(2015). Kareena Kapoor and Bipasha Basu are among the few working actresses from the 2000s who successfully completed 15 years in the industry.
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