Pakistan's film industry is dubbed "Lollywood", because of its main location in Lahore. Like Bollywood (India), Lollywood, tailors their films for Pakistani culture. The movies feature their own Urdu language and capture the essence of Pakistani dance, music and culture. Though the industry began to slowly decline after the late 1970's, I like the fact that Lollywood movies present a cultural perspective of Pakistan society. For me, it helps to reinforce some images about Pakistani culture and provides a perspective that I would not be able to see by watching a Hollywood film. However, because of the decline in the industry the films are outdated and consequently may not include new fads, or dance moves that currently exist.
The idea that Lollywood portrays a cultural perspective of Pakistani culture raises many questions. For example, what if a person from another country was asked to learn about Pakistani Pop culture by watching Lollywood films? Would it be an accurate representation of the culture? Obviously no one can rely solely on the idea of filmmakers, but how do these movies influence Pakistani culture?
Below is an example found on you tube:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Pakistan#Decline_of_cinema_theatres
I agree with you that if the movies are outdated how are Americans supposed to get an accurate view of Pakistan pop culture.
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