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- The name “Bollywood” was coined during the 1970s to refer to the Hindi-language Indian film industry based in Mumbai (formerly Bombay). It is a combination of “Bombay” and “Hollywood,” symbolizing the city’s status as the Hollywood of India.
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May 2, 2017 · Bollywood is the sobriquet for India's Hindi language film industry, based in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is more formally referred to as Hindi cinema.
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Oct 13, 2022 · The word ‘Bollywood’ is a play on Hollywood, with the B coming from Bombay (now known as Mumbai). Indian cinema however dates back to 1913 and Dadasaheb Phalke’s silent film Raja Harishchandra , the first-ever Indian feature film.
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, [3] refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Hollywood".
5 days ago · Bollywood, Hindi-language sector of the Indian moviemaking industry that began in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the 1930s and developed into an enormous film empire. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
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Jun 1, 2013 · Over the last 100 years Mumbai's Hindi film industry - known as Bollywood - has become the biggest and best known of India's production centres.
