Homework; December 2nd, 2010

1. Compare the motion picture industry in India and the United States. 
The United States has the oldest film industry. L.A. is the primary nexus of the U.S. However, four of the six major film studios are owned by East Coast companies. Only the Walt Disney Company - which Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, the Pixar Animation Studios, and Marvel Studios — is fully based in Southern California. And while Sony Pictures Entertainment is headquartered in Culver City, California, its parent company, the Sony Corporation, is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
The Indian film industry is multi-lingual and the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced. The industry is supported mainly by a vast film-going Indian public, and Indian films have been gaining increasing popularity in the rest of the world—notably in countries with large numbers of expatriate Indians. One third of the Indian film industry is mostly concentrated in Mumbai (Bombay), and is commonly referred to as "Bollywood" as an amalgamation of Bombay and Hollywood. The remaining majority portion is spread across North, West and South India (in Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, oriya, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu speaking areas). However, there are several smaller centers of Indian film industries in regional languages (apart from Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi,) centered in the states those languages are spoken. Indian films are made filled with action, romance, comedy, dance and an increasing number of special effects.


2. What are the names of the three main characters in Slum Dog Millionaire (The Three Musketeers)?
The names of the three main characters are Jamal K. Walik, Latika, and Salim.


3. What is a chaiwallah? 
A wallah is one who performs a specific task. Chai wallahs are everywhere in India. Chai wallah is an authentic Indian spice tea made with organic Fair Trade certified tea and certified organic spices. 


4. State five things we must know about the Taj Mahal. 
-There is most likely 20,000 artisians that worked on it.
- It was built in 1631
- The estimated money spent on it was 35 million rupees. 
- Built by Shah Jahan
- It is estimated that is took 22 years to build (1631-1653)