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. Explain
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1. Bombay has always been associated with the film industry and is popular as a city of dreams.
2. Many Bombay films deal with the arrival in the city of new migrants and their encounters with the real pressures of daily life. Some popular songs from the Bombay film industry speak of the contradictory aspects of the city. In the film CID (1965) the hero’s buddy sings, “Ai dil hai mushkil jeena yahan; zara hatke zara bachke, ye hai Bambai meri jaan” (My heart , it is difficult to live here ! move over a little, take care of yourself! This is Bombay! My love). A slightly more disillusioned voice sings in Guest House (1959) : Jiska juta usika sar, dil har chhote bada shahar, are vah re vah teri Bambai” (Bombay, you city what a place! Here one gets beaten with one’s own shoes! The city is big but people’s hearts are small!)
3. Most of the people in the film industry were themselves migrants who came from cities like Lahore, Calcutta, and Madras and contributed to the national character of the industry. Those who came from Lahore, and Punjab, were especially important for the development of the Hindi film industry. Many famous writers, like Ismat Chughtai and Saadat Hasan Manto, were associated with Hindi cinema.