Sorry if this is dumb, I know a lot of people on here are rude. But hey, everybody asks a stupid question once in a while...
2006-09-23 12:12:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Bollywood (Hindi: बॉलीवुड, Urdu: بالیوڈ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. The term is sometimes used incorrectly to refer to the whole of Indian cinema.
The name is a portmanteau of Bombay, the old name of Mumbai, and Hollywood, the center of the United States film industry. Though some purists deplore the name, arguing that it makes the industry look like a poor cousin to Hollywood, it seems likely to persist and now has its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Bollywood and the other major cinematic hubs (Tamil, Bengali, Telugu, and Malayalam) constitute the broader Indian film industry, whose output is the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced and in number of tickets sold. Bollywood is a strong part of popular culture of not only India and the rest of the Indian subcontinent, but also of the Middle East, parts of Africa, parts of Southeast Asia, and among the South Asian diaspora worldwide. Bollywood has its largest diasporic audiences in the UK, Canada, Australia and the U.S., all of which have large Indian immigrant populations.
Bollywood is also commonly referred to as "Hindi cinema", even though use of poetic Urdu words is fairly common. There has been a growing presence of English in dialogues and songs as well. It is not uncommon to see movies which feature dialogues with English words and phrases, even whole sentences. A few movies are also made in two or even three languages (either using subtitles, or several soundtracks).
2006-09-23 12:14:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A name used to describe the Indian Hindi movie industry. Derived from India's most populous city Mumbai formerly known as Bombay and Hollywood the cultural center of American Television and Film
2006-09-23 12:14:52 · answer #2 · answered by Sleeper_M3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bollywood is the Indian equivalent of Hollywood. It refers to Mumbai (Bombay). It produces more movies a year than any other movie industry.
2006-09-23 12:16:53 · answer #3 · answered by Sters 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
films from ASIA INDIA are nicknamed bollywood instead of hollywood
2006-09-23 12:23:30 · answer #4 · answered by JAMES OY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bombay Hollywood. It's like Hollywood in India. It should be changed to Mullywood now, btw, since Bombay has changed to Mumbai now.
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2006-09-23 12:16:02 · answer #5 · answered by septiant 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
INDO hollywood.
2006-09-23 12:45:20 · answer #6 · answered by ▒Яenée▒ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hollywood is the big movie thing for america...bollywood is the big movie industry for india
2006-09-23 12:24:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are Indian (the country...not native american) movies. They have love stories, but they are not sexually explicit like Amercan movies (some couples never even kiss). there is lots of music and dancing as well.
2006-09-23 12:13:51 · answer #8 · answered by Lil Miss Answershine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its not a place.. its a general name for indian movies and the industry..
2006-09-23 12:14:50 · answer #9 · answered by ynroh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it might be a combination of the two words: b***-job and Hollywood. Since you need to give so many to get ahead.. or so they say. Good Luck ! :)
2006-09-23 12:15:53 · answer #10 · answered by tysavage2001 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋