What the heck is bollywood? I have never heard of it before. Can someone please explain it to me?
2006-11-30 15:49:44 · 10 answers · asked by bitchy_gurl1 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
Bollywood 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 English name for Mumbai, and Hollywood, the center of the American 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, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada) 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 Pakistan, but also of the rest of South Asia, 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 Hindustani, the substratum common to both Hindi and Urdu, might be more accurate. The use of poetic Urdu words is fairly common. The connection between Hindi, Urdu, and Hindustani is an extremely contentious matter and is discussed at length in the linked articles relating specifically to the languages.
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).
2006-11-30 15:58:07 · answer #1 · answered by shepardj2005 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Bollywood is the informal name given to the Mumbai-based Hindi film industry in India. Movies from Bollywood are sweeping the nation, and the world. I have never watched any of their movies, but you should. Maybe you will like them. They are called in India portmanteau which means Mumbai, and Hollywood in English. As you know Hollywood is famous for filming, and producing so many films, so they called Mumbai Bollywood.
2006-12-01 00:06:12 · answer #2 · answered by Kaitlyn Dawn ஜ۩۞۩ஜLoveஜ۩۞۩ஜ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bollywood is India's version of Hollywood. Basically Hindi Cinema (and really - only films in Hindi) are termed to be part of Bollywood. I think Pakistan's film industry is called Pollywood.
2006-12-01 02:13:42 · answer #3 · answered by kaus 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Bollywood is Bombay, India's version for Hollywood. A "Bollywood picture" is a typical Indian movie made in Bombay.
2006-12-01 00:00:51 · answer #4 · answered by GrandDuke 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
oh you poor uninformed dear.. lol, sorry. okay bollywood is basically like hollywood but just for the North Indian community. For Hindi movies etc. thats all. the b standfs for bombay btw, i guess thats where it either originated or its most popular.
2006-11-30 23:57:44 · answer #5 · answered by Meme 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Bollywood refers to the film industry for the country of India, where they make four times what hollywood does.
Go to wikipedia.com for a good overview of it
2006-11-30 23:53:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
No, question, is Stupid,
Although, I wish someone will answer, this with, much Knowledge!!
I would like to know, too!! I do not like false answers!!
Shall, we
watch together?? Pray, for a great, Honest, answer!!
2006-12-01 00:34:00 · answer #7 · answered by dutchie 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
FROM INDIA, INSTEAD OF HOLLYWOOD YOU GET BOLLYWOOD. IM A SURFER I GOOGLED IT
GOD BLESS
2006-11-30 23:54:36 · answer #8 · answered by thewindowman 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
India's version of hollywood.
2006-11-30 23:52:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
indian ver of hollywod
2006-12-01 05:14:52 · answer #10 · answered by dream theatre 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋