(Outside Reading #9) Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term used to describe the Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. Bollywood is only a part of the Indian film industry but is usually referred to the whole indian cinema. The name comes from a mix between Bombay (the former name of Mumbai) and Hollywood. Unlike Hollywood in the United States, Bollywood is not a real place. In Bollywood films, there has been frequent use of Indian English dialogue and songs as well. A lot of times there will be full English words and phrases and many that are made entirely in English.  I actually enjoyed the Bollywood films that we watched in class. At first I thought they would be very different films because they were produced in India but I was completely wrong. I definitely would want to see more Bollywood films now that I have seen a couple in class.

"Bollywood." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 27 February 2009. 1 March 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood>.