Cinema Arts and entertainment in India








india major regional center cinema. indian film industry second largest in world (1200 movies released in year 2002). each of larger jrods supports own film industry: hindi, bengali, kannada, tamil, telugu, malayalam. hindi/urdu film industry, based in mumbai, formerly bombay, called bollywood (a melding of hollywood , bombay). similar neologisms have been coined kannada (karnataka state) film industry (sandalwood) based on karnataka being known sandalwood, tamil film industry (kollywood, kodambakkam district of chennai) , telugu film industry (tollywood). tollygunge metonym bengali film industry, long centered in tollygunge district of kolkata. bengali language industry notable having nurtured director satyajit ray, internationally renowned filmmaker , winner of many awards, among them yo yorat ratna (india s highest civilian award), légion d honneur (france), , lifetime achievement academy award. bollywood industry largest in terms of films produced , box office receipts, urdu/hindi speakers outnumber speakers of other indian languages within india. (tollywood close on bollywood s heels, , turn out more films in year.)







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