Why Is The Hindi Film Industry Called Bollywood? - Inshorts

MenuInshortsEnglishहिन्दीCategoriesFor the best experience use inshorts app on your smartphoneinshortsinshortsWhy is the Hindi film industry called Bollywood?short by Prashanti Moktan / on Thursday, 1 December, 2016The Hindi film industry is known as 'Bollywood' as its name has been derived from Mumbai, then called Bombay, and USA's film industry 'Hollywood'. While Hollywood is a geographical location for several American film studios, there is no physical existence of Bollywood. The term 'Bollywood' became popular in the 1970s, when India overtook America as the world's largest film producer.read more at Google

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