About Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema. Bollywood is only a part of the Indian film Industry.

The name is a portmanteau of Bombay (the former name for Mumbai) and Hollywood, the center of the American film industry. Though some 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 is commonly referred to as Hindi cinema, even though Hindustani, the substratum common to both Hindi and Urdu, might be more accurate. Bollywood consists of the languages of Hindi, Urdu and English. 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 Indian English in dialogue and songs as well. It is not uncommon to see films that feature dialogue with English words and phrases, even whole sentences. There is growing number of English films. A few films are also made in two or even three languages (either using subtitles, or several soundtracks)."

Quotes about Bollywood

1. Bollywood films and music have seen tremendous growth recently, and demand continues to grow. With Joost, people around the world are able to watch these movies and music videos for free. As a global entertainment platform, Joost is a destination where people connect over shared interests, like Bollywood. Our partnership with Eros demonstrates the variety of the programming available on Joost.

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2. We are delighted to partner with Sameera Reddy. Bollywood remains the most popular source of entertainment in India, and hence we are working towards bringing more and more Bollywood content and new products to our consumers. This tie-up with Sameera Reddy is an apt vehicle to drive our objective and further highlights our commitment to the consumer.

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3. Bollywood based games have always been great hit with the Indian mobile gamers. This has given producers a tremendous opportunity to extend the experience of the film to a user's mobile screen.

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