A comparative study of changing narrative pattern in Romantic Bollywood movies (from 1990S to date)

There is a close relation between film and its audience and the relation is, to a great extent, complementary. Narrative structure of romantic Bollywood movies is gradually changing in an episodic way. The social and cultural background of audience is important for personal choice and emotional involvement with a particular film. In this paper the author has focused on the Bollywood romantic movies that were released during the 1990s and attempted to study how the narrative pattern has been changed through time. Since, movies portray a particular narration through its presentation, it is important to notice how the new dimension of social change influences the process of movie making in terms of changing its narrative pattern. Movies are a platform for expression of creativity. Apart from entertainment, movies represent a reflection of a particular society and culture. Society is interrelated with the films, films are interrelated with lives of the audience; so, film makers always try to keep up with their audience’s requirements while creating a film. Accessibility of state-of-the-art technology and shrinking of the social world through globalization of late has led to significant change in human emotional experience and its expression, their way of thinking and so on. As a consequence, open mindedness of people, their logical thinking has an impact on their choices; their way of interpreting and solving a particular crisis has been changed. These are the changes they want to see in their personal lives as well as that of the characters they watch in the movies at the same time. This paper also reflects how the audience of Indian society are relating, perceiving a story that is being told in romantic Bollywood movies.