正文翻譯

Why must every Indian movie have a dance scene in it?

為什么每部印度電影都要有舞蹈鏡頭?

評論翻譯

Jennifer Hancock, Bollywood movie fan, Humanist

Jennifer Hancock，寶萊塢影迷，人文主義者

First - they don’t all have dance scenes. There are a variety of Indian movies, drama, romance, thriller, masala. On top of that different language cinemas prefer different sorts of movies.

首先 - 它們并不都有舞蹈場景。有各種各樣的印度電影、戲劇、愛情片、驚悚片、馬薩拉。最重要的是，不同語言的電影院偏愛不同類型的電影。
(譯者注：Masala，馬薩拉，是調(diào)料的統(tǒng)稱。寶萊塢電影又被稱作馬薩拉電影)

The dance numbers that do appear in movies are there for several reasons.

在電影中出現(xiàn)舞蹈有幾個(gè)原因。

The music is good and it helps pre-sell the movie so people are aware of the music before the movie comes out.

音樂很有好處，有助于電影預(yù)售，這樣人們就能在電影上映前就了解了其中的音樂。

Who doesn’t like a good song and dance number. Seriously.

誰不喜歡好歌曲和舞蹈呢，說真的。

Depending on what the dance number is - it may be accomplishing several things for the film maker and their story telling simultaneously. For instance, if the song is an “I just realized I’m in love fantasy sequence” The song (which is in the form of a fantasy) will let us know the character is now in love.In addition to telling us about character motivation, these sequences will also give the director an opportunity to pay homage to another movie maker. So the song Zoobie Doobie in 3 Idiots - the fantasy is that she is in a Yash Chopra Wedding coupled with The romance of Saawariya. It’s a beautiful number because of what it tells us about the character, how well it is danced and sung and how well they evoke Yash Chopra and Saawariya without actually duplicating those sequences.?

根據(jù)舞蹈的數(shù)量，它可以幫助電影制作人想展現(xiàn)多個(gè)故事情節(jié)。例如,如果這首歌是“我剛意識到我戀愛了”，這首歌(這是一個(gè)幻想的形式)會(huì)讓我們知道電影角色現(xiàn)在戀愛了。除了告訴我們角色的動(dòng)機(jī)，這些情節(jié)還將給導(dǎo)演一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)，向另一個(gè)電影制片人致敬。所以《三傻大鬧寶萊塢》中的《Zoobie Doobie》這首插曲的情節(jié)是，她參加了Yash Chopra的婚禮，與Saawariya浪漫的結(jié)合在一起。這是一段優(yōu)美的舞蹈，因?yàn)樗嬖V我們關(guān)于這個(gè)角色，它的舞蹈和演唱有多好，以及它們在沒有重復(fù)這些情節(jié)的情況下很好的展現(xiàn)了Yash Chopra和Saawariya。

The dance sequences often echo or invoke other songs and dance sequences to forward plot development.?

舞蹈片段經(jīng)常呼應(yīng)或喚起其他歌曲和舞蹈片段，以推動(dòng)情節(jié)發(fā)展。

Once you realize that the songs are being used as short cuts for story telling, they make more sense. And once you get used to them, you really start to enjoy them. At this point, I feel a bit cheated if there isn’t a good song and dance number.

一旦你意識到這些歌曲被用作講述故事的捷徑，它們就更有意義了。一旦你習(xí)慣了它們，你就會(huì)真正開始享受它們。在這一點(diǎn)上，如果沒有一個(gè)好的歌曲和舞蹈片段，我覺得有點(diǎn)受騙。

Mark Parkinson
@Jennifer Hancock
Could you tell me what Bollywood films don’t have dance scenes in them? It would really like to know.

你能告訴我什么寶萊塢電影里沒有舞蹈鏡頭嗎？真的很想知道。

Jennifer Hancock
@Mark Parkinson
It’s a huge list. But Udaan is an example of a drama without a dance sequence. There is a montage if I remember correctly.

這會(huì)是一個(gè)很長的清單。但是，《Udaan》(2010年印度電影)是一個(gè)沒有舞蹈情節(jié)電影的例子。如果我沒記錯(cuò)的話這是部蒙太奇電影。

Jack Betancourt
@Jennifer Hancock
so, to get back to: Why must every Indian movie have a dance scene in it.

因此，問題又回到：為什么每部印度電影都必須有舞蹈場面。

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Vishowjeet K Yaduv, Movie Fanatic
Because Bollywood is Obsessed with peppy dance numbers and Indians want full entertainment for the amount they pay for the Movie.

因?yàn)閷毴R塢癡迷于活潑的歌舞，而印度人則希望掏錢看的電影能得到充分的娛樂。

There are various reasons for it.

原因是多方面的。

-Indians love music.
-Dance scene makes the audiences glue to the theatres even if the movie has a bad scxt.
-It's a formula used by the filmmakers to make a movie run for a while.
-Iconic steps are created by Bollywood.
-Dance is used to portray feelings of the character (in initial movies).
-Dance scenes are used to attract audience.

-印度人喜歡音樂。
-即使電影的劇本不好，舞場也會(huì)讓觀眾對劇情產(chǎn)生共鳴。
-這是電影制作人用來讓一部電影停頓片刻的套路。
-寶萊塢創(chuàng)造了標(biāo)志性的舞步。
-舞蹈被用來表達(dá)角色的情感（在早期電影中）。
-舞蹈場面是用來吸引觀眾的。

My answer might not be Satisfactory but that's how Bollywood works..

我的回答可能不令人滿意，但寶萊塢就是這樣運(yùn)作的。。

Bollywood needs dance because Indians crave for masala movies, a complete ala-carte package. All of the entertainment so Bollywood adds more dances and songs to the movies.

寶萊塢需要舞蹈，因?yàn)橛《热丝释R沙拉(南亞調(diào)料名，意思是大雜燴)電影，一個(gè)完整的沙拉套餐，包含所有的娛樂，所以寶萊塢在電影中增加了更多的舞蹈和歌曲。

Another reason is that most of the Indian audience don't like to think while watching a movie, so if the filmmakers put a song and a dance number they can relate to the audiences. If the actor is happy there'll be a dance party. If he wants to hook up he goes to the bar and another peppy party number comes in.

另一個(gè)原因是，大多數(shù)印度觀眾在看電影時(shí)不喜歡思考，所以如果電影制作人放上一首歌和舞蹈，它們就能與觀眾產(chǎn)生共鳴。如果演員開心，就會(huì)有一個(gè)舞會(huì)；如果他想搭訕，他就去酒吧，然后又一個(gè)活潑的派對歌舞加進(jìn)來了。

Good movies in Bollywood does have songs but they are the demand of the scxt.

寶萊塢的好電影確實(shí)有歌曲，但它們是劇本的要求。

Movies like The Lunch Box,Airlift,Neerja,Baby,Pink does not have dance sequences to convey their message to the audiences, because of the scxt..

像《午餐盒》、《撤離科威特》、《劫機(jī)驚魂》、《寶貝》、《紅粉驚魂》等電影都沒有舞蹈情節(jié)來向觀眾傳達(dá)他們的信息，因?yàn)閯”尽?/p>

I hope my explanation to the question was satisfactory.

我希望我對這個(gè)問題的解釋令人滿意。

Sumit Mullick
@Vishowjeet K Yaduv
Not only they (> 99%) have multiple dance scenes, you can almost set your watch on the length of time one dance stops and before the next song starts. .. the director must be going by a formula on the max attention span of the audience

印度電影(>99%)不僅有多個(gè)舞蹈場面，你甚至可以通過你的手表來統(tǒng)計(jì)一個(gè)舞蹈停止和下一首歌曲開始之間的時(shí)間……導(dǎo)演肯定根據(jù)觀眾的最大注意力廣度制定了一個(gè)公式。

Priyanka
@Vishowjeet K Yaduv
my opinion dance never potrays emotions. not only indians all world will love music and songs. suppose if our hero is depressed they make a peppy dance number crazily dancing on roads who will have this energy to dance when you are depressed.some times it looks odd. heroines exists only for songs in indian movies.

在我看來舞蹈從不摻雜感情。不僅僅是印度人，全世界的人都會(huì)喜歡音樂和歌曲。假設(shè)我們的英雄情緒低落，他們會(huì)在路上安排一支充滿活力的舞蹈，當(dāng)情緒低落時(shí)，誰會(huì)有這種精力跳舞。有時(shí)看起來很奇怪，印度電影中的女主角只為歌曲而存在。

Shaurya Aggarwal
@Vishowjeet K Yaduv
Bollywood is a low-quality film industry. The so-little money India has is being spent on lame romcoms and super-unrealistic action films instead of fighting hunger and pollution that appears to be rampant all over India.

寶萊塢是一個(gè)劣質(zhì)電影產(chǎn)業(yè)。印度把這么少的錢花在蹩腳的浪漫喜劇和極其不切實(shí)際的動(dòng)作片上，而不是用來抗擊似乎在印度各地都很猖獗的饑餓和污染。

Vansh Jain
@Shaurya Aggarwal
No, you are so wrong. Bollywood produces low quality movies, because people watch them. You get what you pay for. Bollywood produces good movies too, but the thing is that you don't pay to watch them( I mean most people). And you are also talking about hunger and poverty , but do you even know how many jobs are created by Bollywood

不，你大錯(cuò)特錯(cuò)。寶萊塢制作劣質(zhì)電影，是因?yàn)橛腥丝?，一分錢一分貨。寶萊塢也制作好電影，但問題是你不會(huì)花錢去看它們(我是說大多數(shù)人)。你也在談?wù)擆囸I和貧窮，但你知道寶萊塢創(chuàng)造了多少就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)嗎？

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Swarup Sahoo, Movie Buff

Swarup Sahoo，電影迷

One of the major reasons is the target audience for a particular movie. For example, the more intense movies which have a deeper narrative are meant for more urban audience who can do away with dance sequences and stuff (ex. Life in a Metro, Gangs of Wasseypur etc.).

其中一個(gè)主要原因是特定電影的目標(biāo)觀眾。例如，擁有更深刻內(nèi)涵的更激烈的電影是面向更多城市觀眾的，他們可以擺脫舞蹈情節(jié)等內(nèi)容(如《地鐵人生》、《瓦塞浦黑幫》等)。

The more commercial movies have thinner plots which are meant for the entire Indian audience to understand. By entire audience I mean the lowest of lows in the Indian Social structure. Now a guy who pulls a manual rickshaw with the paltry amount of food he gets to eat and even with that people bargain to pay only 20 rupees for an arduous effort he made, isn’t really logically expected to understand why the disabled girl in a big city is struggling with her depression and her passion for painting. At the other end of the spectrum, there might be a rich girl who never cared much about life beyond her bubble; and doesn’t really know what kinds of lives people live in villages and won’t give two fucks about what artsy narrative a story about coal mafia in a village far far away has.

更多的商業(yè)電影有更單薄的故事情節(jié)，這是為了讓所有印度觀眾便于理解，我說的所有觀眾是指印度社會(huì)結(jié)構(gòu)中最底層的人。現(xiàn)在一個(gè)拉人力車的家伙只能吃到微不足道的食物，甚至僅僅為他艱苦努力獲得的20盧比報(bào)酬與人討價(jià)還價(jià),他在邏輯上無法理解為什么一個(gè)大城市的殘疾女孩正與她的抑郁癥和她對繪畫的熱情作斗爭。在另一個(gè)極端，可能有一個(gè)白富美從不關(guān)心她自己圈子之外的生活，不知道人們在農(nóng)村過著什么樣的生活，也不會(huì)在乎一個(gè)遙遠(yuǎn)村莊里的煤炭團(tuán)伙有什么樣的藝術(shù)故事。

For him and her and many more people in India, the simple dance and easy stories are the means of entertainment. I guess Indian movie Industry caters to all kinds of audiences. What you are asking about is related to the movies which are meant to please the entire Indian crowd. But there are movies which do not have song and dance and not meant for the masses.

對他和她以及更多的印度人來說，簡單的舞蹈和簡單的故事是一種娛樂方式。我想印度電影業(yè)迎合了各種觀眾的口味。你問的問題是那些旨在取悅所有印度人的電影。但是有些電影沒有歌曲和舞蹈，也不是為大眾準(zhǔn)備的。

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O.Ravi, lives in India

O.Ravi，住在印度

Yes, every Indian movie has some dance sequences attached with it.

是的，每部印度電影都有一些舞蹈情節(jié)。

People complain Why Indian MOVIES should have songs with dance sequences ? And Why can't it be like HOLLYWOOD Ones ? My reply to this is just simple- This works in India.

人們抱怨為什么印度電影里要有舞蹈場面？為什么不能像好萊塢電影那樣呢？我的回答很簡單——這在印度吃得開。

The formula of adding songs & dances has been prent since the times of MuGhAl e AzAm.

從《MuGhAl e AzAm》電影以來，添加歌舞的套路一直很流行。
(譯者注：MuGhAl e AzAm，《莫臥兒大帝》，1960年的印度電影)

Once Salman khan was asked if he would do movies without any songs in it like HOLLYWOOD Ones and his reply was :“Why would I do that ? This thing might work in Hollywood but in India, songs are the essence of the FILM”

有一次，薩爾曼·汗被問到是否會(huì)像好萊塢那樣拍沒有歌舞的電影，他的回答是：“我為什么要那么做？這在好萊塢可能行得通，但在印度，歌舞才是電影的精髓?！?/p>

Thus, it can be said that songs along with the dance sequences form an integral part of the Indian movies and who doesn't enjoy them ? Everyone loves those blockbuster songs.

因此，可以說，載歌載舞是印度電影不可或缺的一部分，誰不喜歡呢？每個(gè)人都喜歡那些轟動(dòng)一時(shí)的歌曲。

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Raakhee V. Menon, sextive movie watcher

Raakhee V. Menon，選擇性電影觀眾

‘Every’ Indian movie doesn’t have a dance scene in it. That’s a HUGE generalization! There are a lot of movies that don’t have anything of the sort. It all depends on the type of movies one chooses to watch :) Of course, if there is nothing substantial in the story line or in terms of acting prowess, then the makers add in some elements like this to draw in the crowds. If the story line is good enough, then there is no need for the stereotypical ‘dancing around the trees’ sequences.

并不是每一部印度電影都有舞蹈場面，這是一個(gè)大體的概括！有很多電影都沒有這種東西。當(dāng)然，如果故事情節(jié)沒有什么實(shí)質(zhì)性的內(nèi)容，演員也沒有什么高超的演技，那么制作方就會(huì)添加一些這樣的元素來吸引觀眾。如果故事情節(jié)足夠好，那么就不需要老套的“繞樹跳舞”情節(jié)了。

Priyanka
@Raakhee V. Menon
art movies dont have songs and dances. we already generalised judged our movies dividing them as art movies means slowly talking without bgm with birds chirping or staying in house literally gives us all sorts of phobias like claustrophobia. thats why we love energetic movies like ohm shanti ohm.

藝術(shù)電影沒有歌舞，我們已經(jīng)廣義上歸類了我們的電影，把它們劃分為藝術(shù)電影意味著講話慢條斯理，沒有背景音樂而是鶯歌燕語，或者呆在室內(nèi)帶給給我們各種各樣的恐怖感，比如幽閉恐懼癥。這就是為什么我們喜歡像《ohm shanti ohm》這樣充滿活力的電影。
(譯者注：ohm shanti ohm，譯名《再生緣》，2007年印度電影，沙魯克·汗、迪皮卡·帕度柯妮主演的喜劇懸疑和歌舞類型的電影。)

Chinmay Prajapati
@Raakhee V. Menon
Almost “every” Indian movie has a song/dance scene (well I mean song- some songs don’t have dance scenes where they go romantic or sadness) but songs are always there. Exceptions too rare !!

幾乎“每一部”印度電影都有歌曲/舞蹈場景(我是說歌曲——有些歌曲沒有浪漫或悲傷的舞蹈場景)，但歌曲總是存在的。例外太少了!!

Raakhee V. Menon
@Chinmay Prajapati
Yeah, and they get classified under ‘a(chǎn)rt house cinema’

是的，(沒有歌舞的電影)它們被歸為“藝術(shù)電影”。

Chinmay Prajapati
@Raakhee V. Menon
What's art house cinema?

什么是藝術(shù)電影？

Raakhee V. Menon
@Raakhee V. Menon
Y’know…serious movies like those made by Satyajit Ray and all that. Art films.

你知道，像薩蒂亞吉特·雷伊制作的嚴(yán)肅電影之類的，稱之為藝術(shù)電影。
(譯者注：Satyajit Ray，薩蒂亞吉特·雷伊，1921年5月2日出生于印度加爾各答，印度電影導(dǎo)演、編劇、制片人、剪輯，畢業(yè)于加爾各答大學(xué)，曾經(jīng)獲得戛納電影節(jié)、威尼斯電影節(jié)、柏林電影節(jié)、東京電影節(jié)、奧斯卡電影節(jié)等大獎(jiǎng)。)

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Subodh Singh, lives in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India
Its one of the thing I hate most in Bollywood or other Indian movies. Thiss increase length of the movie, most of the time without making any sense e.g. What was need of that "Zoobi Doobi" song in "3 idiots" and that "selfie" song in "Bajrangi Bhaijaan".
Still there are some wonderful movies without any (maybe little) dance scene in it without any meaning, some of they might have a song or two but it goes well along with the story. For example:
SHAHID
CITYLIGHTS
GANGS OF WASSEYPUR
AANKHO DEKHI
MASAAN
DEV'D
UDTA PUNJAB
KHOSLA KA GHOSLA
There are some classics too such as JAANE BHI DO YAARO and PUSHPAK.
All of them are pretty good movies.

在寶萊塢或其他印度電影中，歌舞是我最討厭的事情之一。這增加了電影的長度，大部分都沒有任何意義，比如電影《三傻大鬧寶萊塢》中的歌舞插曲《Zoobi Doobi》和《小蘿莉的猴神大叔》中的歌舞插曲《SELFIE》有什么必要？
仍然有一些很棒的電影沒有任何(可能很少)毫無意義的舞蹈場面，他們中的一些可能有一兩首歌，但它與故事情節(jié)很契合。例如:

《SHAHID》
《CITYLIGHTS》
《GANGS OF WASSEYPUR》
《AANKHO DEKHI》
《MASAAN》
《DEV'D》
《UDTA PUNJAB》
《KHOSLA KA GHOSLA》

也有一些經(jīng)典電影，如《JAANE BHI DO YAARO》和《PUSHPAK》。
它們都是很好的電影。

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Avkrishna Rao, studied at Master of Business Administration in Business Management
It is deeply connected to Indian culture.
It is one of the most powerful entertainment ideas, as it can ncorporate many varieties of national and international variations.
when combined with appropriate music it make tap toes by audience
That is the unique visual effective part of the movie.
BUT ALL THESE ARE VALID IF DONE BY PROPER WAY BY TALENTED CHOREOGRAPHERS

Avkrishna Rao，攻讀工商管理碩士學(xué)位
它與印度文化有著非常密切的聯(lián)系。
這是最強(qiáng)大的娛樂理念之一，因?yàn)樗梢匀诤显S多不同國家的多樣性和國際變化。
當(dāng)與合適的音樂結(jié)合時(shí)，它會(huì)讓觀眾手舞足蹈。
這是電影獨(dú)特的視覺效果部分。
但如果有才華的編舞以適當(dāng)?shù)姆绞酵瓿?，所有這些都是有效的

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Pandu Ranga Rao, Knows about Music
Simple Answer.
A Movie is mixture of all art forms like Dancing, Singing and Music etc.
A good song needs a good dance to excite the audience. So there will be a dance scene in it.

Pandu Ranga Rao，了解音樂
答案很簡單。
電影是舞蹈、唱歌、音樂等所有藝術(shù)形式的混合體。
好的歌曲需要好的舞蹈來激發(fā)觀眾的熱情，所以里面會(huì)有舞蹈的場面。

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Navin Kabra, CTO of wogma.com

Navin Kabra, wogma.com首席技術(shù)官

Seriously, though, consider the following:

嚴(yán)格來講，要考慮以下幾個(gè)因素:

- Often, having one or more superhit song+dance numbers in a movie can be enough to ensure box-office success for a movie - irrespective of how good or bad the rest of the movie is.

- 通常情況下，一部電影中有一個(gè)或多個(gè)熱門歌曲+舞蹈，就足以確保票房成功——不管這部電影的其他部分是好是壞。

- Often, a movie might become profitable ever before theatrical release of the movie, purely on the basis of the music sales

- 通常情況下，一部電影可能會(huì)在影院上映之前就已經(jīng)盈利了，這完全是基于音樂銷售

- In villages, the audience sometimes scream for an encore at the end of a dance number, and the theatre management will oblige by replaying the song before continuing the rest of the movie.

- 在鄉(xiāng)村，觀眾有時(shí)會(huì)在一段舞蹈結(jié)束后尖叫著要求再放一遍，而劇院管理人員則會(huì)在繼續(xù)電影的其余部分之前重放這首歌。

I think the point to remember is that mainstream Bollywood never really bought into the whole concept of "story flow." Even without the song-and-dance, many Bollywood movies will have interruptions to the "main storyline" in the from of a "comedy sidetrack" which often will have only a tenuous connection to the movie, or a "fight scene" (if you've seen enough Bollywood movies, you'll know what I mean).

我認(rèn)為需要記住的一點(diǎn)是，主流寶萊塢從未真正接受“故事流”的概念。即使沒有歌舞，許多寶萊塢電影也會(huì)有“主要故事情節(jié)”被“喜劇支線”打斷，因?yàn)椤跋矂≈Ь€”通常只會(huì)與這部電影有一個(gè)微弱的聯(lián)系，或者被一個(gè)“打斗場面”打斷(如果你看過足夠多的寶萊塢電影，你就會(huì)明白我的意思)。

I think it helps to think of a Bollywood movie as a collection of "scenes" (song, dance, fight, comedy, "dialogue") and the story flow is simply an excuse to string together all the scenes into one movie. In a porn movie, too much of a story simply gets in the way; it's something similar with Bollywood movies. People come for the "scenes" not for the story.

我認(rèn)為寶萊塢電影是“場景”(歌曲、舞蹈、打斗、喜劇、“對話”)的集合，而故事流只是將所有場景串聯(lián)成一部電影的借口。在色情電影中，太多的故事只會(huì)礙事，這與寶萊塢電影類似。人們來這里是為了“場景”，而不是為了故事。

You must see a Bollywood movie in a cheap, rural theatre to appreciate what makes Bollywood movies tick.

要欣賞寶萊塢電影的魅力，你必須在廉價(jià)的鄉(xiāng)村影院里看寶萊塢電影。

Tushar Khairnar
@Navin Kabra
Most of what Navin says is correct but I think after the Multiplex have started most of the bollywood revenue comes from metro and satellite cities and movies are specially made for "metro" kind of audience and it is collection of "scenes". I think It's just how bollywood movies have evolved into unique species.

你說的大部分都是對的，但我認(rèn)為在多廳影城出現(xiàn)之后，寶萊塢的大部分收入來自大都匯和衛(wèi)星城，電影是專門為大都匯觀眾制作的，是“場景”的集合。我認(rèn)為這就是寶萊塢電影如何演變成另類的原因。

Robin Samuel
@Tushar Khairnar
Also music sales in an important part of revenue to the film industry.

此外，音樂銷售收入也是電影行業(yè)收入的重要組成部分。

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Meeta Kabra, Grown up with Bollywood, and now day job includes reviewing Bollywood releases of the week.

Meeta Kabra，看寶萊塢電影長大的，現(xiàn)在的日常工作包括回顧每周的寶萊塢電影。

Yet it can be further dissected, as some of the answers above point out.

然而正如上面的一些答案所指出的那樣，它還可以進(jìn)一步剖析。

1.Culture and Tradition: Drama/Nautanki/Jatra and even dance performances like laavaniwas an intrinsic part of entertainment even in the interiors. This population, the non-urban population, still forms a huge part of a mainstream movie's audience and they look forward to having a good time with the song and dance sequences.

1.文化與傳統(tǒng)：戲劇/瑙坦基/賈特拉，甚至像laavanii這樣的舞蹈表演都是娛樂的固有部分，即使在室內(nèi)也是如此。這部分人——也就是非城市人口——仍然是主流電影觀眾的很大一部分，他們期待著在歌曲和舞蹈中度過美好時(shí)光。

2.Business: A huge chunk of revenues for a film is said to come from music album sales. This is an amazing revelation considering how deep-rooted piracy is.

2.商業(yè):據(jù)說一部電影的一大塊收入來自音樂專輯的銷售?？紤]到盜版的根深蒂固，這是一個(gè)了不起的啟示。

3.A mode of expression: In the earlier days of cinema in India, song and dance was used to express emotions that prose+acting couldn't. From national integration to lust and of course, romance were conveyed using beautiful lyrics set to soul-stirring melodies.

3.一種表達(dá)方式：在印度早期的電影中，人們用歌曲和舞蹈來表達(dá)情感，這是臺(tái)詞+表演所不能表達(dá)的。從民族融合到欲望，當(dāng)然還有浪漫，都是用動(dòng)人心弦的旋律配上優(yōu)美的歌詞來傳達(dá)的。

4.Escapism: A lot of the audience wants an escape from their lives when they go to a cinema hall instead of see someone else's reality. Song and dance sequences make a good means to reach that end.

4.逃避現(xiàn)實(shí)：很多觀眾去電影院時(shí)都想逃離自己的生活，而不是去看別人的現(xiàn)實(shí)生活。歌曲和舞蹈是達(dá)到這個(gè)目的的好方法。

5.Yet somewhere rooted in reality: A lot of Indian festivals and wedding processes have singing and dancing as an inclusive part of the rituals. It's not just the newer forms of wedding eve, sangeet (song and dance) parties or Ganpati festival (Celebration of the elephant god's birthday). Weddings in earlier days, would have women of the village get together and sing from 15-20 days before the day. Navratra is a 9-day dance festival of western state, Gujarat. Each state and many sub-divisions of a state has its own local form of folk dance.

5.然而有根植于現(xiàn)實(shí)的地方：許多印度節(jié)日和婚禮過程中都有唱歌和跳舞，這是儀式的一部分。它不僅僅是新的形式的婚禮前夕，sangeet(唱歌和跳舞)派對或Ganpati節(jié)(慶祝象神的生日)。在早期的婚禮上，會(huì)讓村里的女人在婚禮前15-20天聚在一起唱歌。Navratra是印度西部古吉拉特邦的一個(gè)為期9天的舞蹈節(jié)。每個(gè)邦和一個(gè)邦的許多地方都有自己的本地形式的民間舞蹈。

That's just how the ball rolls. While we do see a hint of change from songs becoming non-lip-sync, it is still a huge business risk not to have songs even in the most serious films.

事情就是這樣發(fā)展的。雖然我們確實(shí)看到歌曲變成口型不同步的跡象，但即使是在最嚴(yán)肅的電影中，沒有歌曲仍然是一個(gè)巨大的商業(yè)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

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Shibin George , forgotten diamonds aplenty in the haystack

Shibin George ,被遺忘在草堆里的鉆石

If the movie's plot has quality content, sure it can work without the eye-catching song routines.

如果這部電影的情節(jié)有高質(zhì)量的內(nèi)容，當(dāng)然它可以不靠這些吸引眼球的歌舞節(jié)目而獲得成功。

But if the movie either has mediocre plot/content/quality, or is borderline, the producers might insist on adding a few song and dance routines or lately, 'item-numbers' to bring in more audience and make the movie a commercial success.

但如果電影的情節(jié)/內(nèi)容/質(zhì)量平平，或者非主流，制片方可能會(huì)堅(jiān)持添加一些歌曲和舞蹈節(jié)目，或者流行的“舞娘”，以吸引更多觀眾，讓電影獲得商業(yè)上的成功。
(譯者注：item numbers，寶萊塢專用術(shù)語，指專門負(fù)責(zé)在電影歌舞部分的舞者。多數(shù)的情況下，Item Numbers 指的是Item Girls，這些衣著挑逗、舞姿誘人、表情曖昧的姑娘，用來吸引觀眾的眼球，激起電影觀眾的情緒和科爾蒙。)

There are a few obvious advantages in including song-and-dance routines and/or item numbers:

這樣做有幾個(gè)明顯的優(yōu)勢，包括歌舞節(jié)目和/或舞娘:

1.Free advertising
Catchy songs and item numbers will be played countless times on television even a month before the movie is to be released. If the song or item number catches on, the movies will definitely see a surging demand even before it is released (with little marketing cost).

1.免費(fèi)廣告
甚至在電影上映前的一個(gè)月，朗朗上口的歌曲和舞蹈就會(huì)在電視上被無數(shù)次播放。如果這首歌曲或舞蹈走紅，電影在上映前就會(huì)吊足胃口（營銷成本很低）。

2.Music
Even movies without item numbers can have songs when they're not really needed. But this is also a RoI scenario.
The audience doesn't mind good music to add value to their movie experience (case in point - A R Rahman movies). And the music sales also promote revenue for the movie.

2.音樂
即使是沒有舞蹈的電影也可以在不需要的時(shí)候添加歌曲，但這也是一個(gè)投資收益率(return on investment, ROI)問題。
觀眾并不介意好的音樂為他們的電影體驗(yàn)增加價(jià)值(例如A R Rahman 的電影)。音樂銷售也增加了電影的收入。

3.Running time
I'm going out on a limb here, but majority of the Indian market believes it receives more value for money if the movie is longer.

3.播放時(shí)間
我這么說有點(diǎn)冒險(xiǎn)，但大多數(shù)印度觀眾認(rèn)為如果電影時(shí)間長一些就會(huì)顯得物超所值。

4.Item Numbers
Why do we have items numbers even when they assault our logical sense, break the story line, denigrate women, degrade 'Indian culture' and whatever else?
There is a simple answer - Return on Investment.
Item numbers can cost crores to make, but it almost always provides good RoI in terms of free marketing and consequently footfalls (and ads on tv release).

4.舞女
為什么我們還要有很多舞女，即使它們顛倒了我們的邏輯意識，打破了故事主線，詆毀女性，貶低“印度文化”等等?
答案很簡單——投資回報(bào)率。
歌舞的制作成本可能高達(dá)數(shù)千萬美元，但從免費(fèi)營銷和隨之產(chǎn)生的資金流入(以及在電視上發(fā)布的廣告)來看，它幾乎總是能夠提供良好的投資回報(bào)率。

5.Hypocrisy
India has a patriarchal society. The men control money and are the major market for movies. Hence we have item-numbers directed at them. At the same time, people who obxt, obxt only in meager voices. In most cases, they don't really mind watching the item numbers themselves and will even pay to watch. At the very least, they will not protest very loudly - if a popular song assaults their sensibilities or if it spoils the mood of an otherwise good movie.

5.虛偽
印度是一個(gè)父權(quán)社會(huì)，男人控制著金錢，是電影的主要市場。因此，我們有針對他們的舞女。與此同時(shí)，那些反對的人，只是以微弱的聲音反對。在大多數(shù)情況下，他們并不介意自己看舞女，甚至愿意花錢看。至少，他們不會(huì)大聲抗議——如果一首流行歌曲侵犯了他們的情感，或者破壞了一部好電影的氣氛。

So there you have it. The 'secret' behind our masala song and dance routines and lately, item-numbers.?

你應(yīng)該明白了，我們大雜燴歌舞節(jié)目以及流行的舞女背后的“秘密”。