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DID YOU KNOW? Hindi cinema is also called Bollywood, coined as a play on Hollywood and Bombay. Bombay, now called the city of Mumbai, is the entertainment capital of India, home to the Bollywood film industry. The name “Bollywood” was popularized in the 70s, when India surpassed the United States as the world’s largest movie industry in terms of volume. The Indian film industry is divided into segments by language, and Bollywood, which produces Hindi-language films, is the largest sector. While indigenous to North India, is considered to be the lingua franca of the whole Indian subcontinent, with 53.6% of the total Indian population being Hindi speakers.

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As a result of this, Bollywood movies are received by a much wider audience than other segments of Indian cinema, such as the film industries for Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tulu. 43% of box office revenues are credited to Bollywood. Bollywood movies have also gone beyond the borders of India and enjoyed worldwide recognition, such as 3 Idiots (2009) and My Name is Khan (2010).

This entry was posted on 12/30/2018.