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It's nicknamed "Bollywood" by people in the US. In India, it's referred to as "बॉलीवुड".
by wogaf 4y ago
It's nicknamed "Bollywood" by people in the US.
In India, it's referred to as "बॉलीवुड".
- nopenotthat 4y agoThat is literally pronounced “boleevud”. Can you guess why? "Bollywood" was invented & popularized in Bombay-based film trade journals in the 1960s & 1970s. It was an explicit reference *by the Indian film industry there to Hollywood. It was additionally a play on “Tollywood" for the Tollygunge-based cinema of West Bengal, which had been called that since the 30s.