what is bollywood?

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movie

Answer 1

bollywood is a name of hindi cinema industry

Answer 2

Hindi Film Cinema is Called Bollywood

Answer 3

they are actually pretty good films taht are produced. i have a ton of them.



Bollywood (Hindi: बॉलीवुड, Urdu: بالیوڈ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-Urdu language film industry in India. The term is sometimes used incorrectly to refer to the whole of Indian cinema.

The name is a combination 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).

Answer 4

Bollywood

Indian moviemaking industry that began in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the 1930s and developed into an enormous film empire. Bombay Talkies, launched in 1934 by Himansu Rai, spearheaded the growth of Indian cinema. Throughout the years, several classic genres emerged from Bollywood: the historical epic, notably Mughal-e-azam (1960; “The Great Mughal”); the curry western, such as Sholay (1975; “The Embers”); the courtesan film, such as Pakeezah (1972; “Pure Heart”), which highlights stunning cinematography and sensual dance choreography; and the mythological movie, represented by Jai Santoshi Maa (1975; “Hail Santoshi Maa”). Star actors, rather than the films themselves, have accounted for most box-office success. Standard features of Bollywood films include formulaic story lines, expertly choreographed fight scenes, spectacular song-and-dance routines, emotion-charged melodrama, and larger-than-life heroes. At the beginning of the 21st century, Bollywood produced as many as 1,000 feature films annually, and international audiences began to develop among Asians in the U.K. and the U.S.

Answer 5

Bollywood is the biggest film industry in the whole world as per year it releases at least thousand movie

Answer 6

Bollywood is the nothing but the Hindi cinema industry which is based in Mumbai.

Answer 7

Bollywood - lingo for Bombay based Indian Film Industry (read Hindi film industry)

Tollywood - lingo for South Indian Film Industry (Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam movies) based in Chennai, Hyderabad

Lollywood - lingo for Pakistani Film Industry (based at Lahore)

Answer 8

bollywood is a name of hindi cinema industry...there are more thn 300 films release per year n it is more then hollywood
now s days hollywood n america is everything in the world but.....
bollywood will b everythnig in few year as well as india will b everythin in few years...bcoz india n indians r the best in the world

Answer 9

Bollywood-Indian(Asia) movie Industry which produce more than 1000 movies per year...

Answer 10

That is how we imitate what others are doing. Simply because America's film city is called Hollywood, we decided to call ours (Bombay), Bollywood. Why not change Hollywood to Hombay!!