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Bollywood

American

[bol-ee-wood] / ˈbɒl iˌwʊd /

noun

the motion-picture industry of India, based in Bombay.

Bollywood British

/ ˈbɒlɪˌwʊd /

noun

informal
1. the Indian film industry
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a Bollywood star

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Etymology

Origin of Bollywood

Blend of Bombay and Hollywood

Example Sentences

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Critics say the links between Karachi’s gangsters and Islamist terrorists are overdrawn, that the real Karachi is far less glamorous than its Bollywood incarnation, and that one character’s Punjabi accent isn’t quite right.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet Bollywood remains hugely popular in Pakistan and audiences often use VPNs or download films illegally.

From BBC

He also made two Bollywood films, which failed at the box office.

From BBC

Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan has unveiled a new statue of him in London's Leicester Square, saying it was like having a "life-size doll".

From BBC

"I was always dissatisfied with the way I looked on screen," he said in a 2011 interview with Bollywood site Glamsham.

From Barron's

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