Tollywoodn.1
/ˈtɒlɪwʊd/, U.S. /ˈtɑliˌwʊd/ The Bengali-language film industry, based in Tollygunge, an area of Kolkata.
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1932 W. E. Deming in Amer. Cinematographer Mar. 10/1 Sailing from India.., I have just received a radiogram..‘Tollywood sends best wishes’... In passing it might be explained that our Calcutta studio was located in the suburb of Tollygunge... After studying the advantages of Hollygunge we decided on Tollywood.
1998 Sunday Times of India 12 July 15/7 Ever since Beder Meye Jyotsna became a runaway hit, Tollywood switched loyalties... Bangladeshi hits became the role model for Bengali film-makers.
2016 A. Nag in S. Datta et al. Rituparno Ghosh iii. 70 There were changes both within and outside the Bengali film industry that ushered in a revamp, whereby a local Tollygunge graduated into a global Tollywood.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Tollywoodn.2
/ˈtɒlɪwʊd/, U.S. /ˈtɑliˌwʊd/ The Telugu-language film industry, based in Hyderabad, Telangana.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > films or the cinema > realm of > in other countries
Wardour Street1920
Tollywood1932
Bollywood1969
Lollywood1995
Kollywood1997
Tollywood1999
Kannywood2002
Nollywood2002
Bongo2009
1999 Times of India 24 Apr. 7 Hyderabad is all set for Filmfare fete... If Tollywood is celebrating its cinematic success, can Bollywood be kept away?
2019 Guardian (Nexis) 29 Jan. (Cities section) We are in Ramoji Film City, the largest film studio in the world and the beating heart of Tollywood, India's Telugu-language film industry.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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