Blue Film: an Online Look Inside the Hot, Steamy World of Indian Blue Films
What is a Blue Film?
The term blue film refers to a pornographic movie made predominately by amateur filmmakers in India. Blue films are not the product of Bollywood, but rather are sex films made by amateur movie makers Blue films are illegal in India, but that hasn’t stopped the proliferation of free online blue films and blue films available for sale both on the internet and other more traditional outlets.
Origin of the Term Blue Film
There are several theories regarding the origin of the term blue film. Some say blue film originated in the 1980’s from the use of blue tape commonly used to enclose sex video tapes. Other sources indicate that the term began with the practice of using blue bars across the faces of people appearing in these movies to mask their real identities. The need for anonymity stems from both the social stigma of Indian blue films as well as the fact that such movies are illegal in India.
Whatever the origins, Indian blue films, as well as subgenres such as Tamil blue films, have burgeoned in popularity in recent years due in part to the proliferation of blue films online and digital filmmaking technology, which makes creating blue films easier, faster and more clandestine. Anyone with a video camera, some editing software and a laptop can produce these films and then distribute them online – despite the best efforts of the Indian government to stem the tide.
Blue Film Controversy
While many blue films are staged using ‘actors’, increasing numbers of blue films are being made by people in their own homes, featuring real lovemaking scenes. Some of these blue films are made for direct import outside of India.
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India Daily also reports of college aged girls making blue films specifically for international markets. You can read this report, HERE.
Regardless of the method of delivery, blue films are illegal to distribute, although enforcing the law has been difficult.
Opponents to blue films site that the participants are often forced to appear in blue films, and that such movies are forms of human trafficking controlled largely by Indian underground crime syndicates. Part of this perception lies with the supposed links between the organized crime syndicates in India, centered around the city of Mumbai, and Bollywood.
Proponents of blue films eschew the moral implications and maintain that the films themselves do no harm, but rather, the fact that such movies are illegal attracts the criminal elements usually associated with the Indian blue film industry.
A Mainstream Look at Blue Film
Bollywood examined blue film with the 2005 release of Kalyug directed by Mohit Suri. Although attempting to shed light on a highly controversial and racy subject, the film was criticized by many for tiptoeing around the taboo subject and portraying it inaccurately. Some accused the film of exploiting blue film while condemning it at the same time.
The Future of Blue Film
The growing popularity of blue film both in India and abroad has already seeped into traditional Bollywood productions, pushing the bounds of what is acceptable and what is not considered as permissible entertainment. As long as a market exists for such movies, there will be providers, despite the legal status of blue film in Indian society.
