Bollywoodnoun
uk/ˈbɒl.i.wʊd/us/ˈbɑː.li.wʊd/the centre of the Hindi film industry, based mainly in the Indian city of Mumbai
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Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- best boy
- boom
- box office
- CGI
- filmstrip
- footage
- freeze-frame
- gaffer
- Hollywood
- pan
- shoot
- slide projector
- slow motion
- soundtrack
- storyboard
- stunt
- the big screen 1
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Examples from literature
- Almost 1,000 movies come out of Bollywood every year.
- Bollywood movies always have a lot of singing and dancing, often with big groups of people.
- Let’s watch a Bollywood film this evening.
- Most of the actors in a Bollywood movie don’t sing.
- Mumbai is home to Bollywood.
- Some of the easiest kinds of dances to learn include cowboy line dancing, basic hip-hop moves, or a Bollywood routine.
- Sometimes Bollywood songs tell us about the thoughts and emotions of one or more of the characters in the movie.
- The name Bollywood comes from Bombay (the old name for Mumbai) and Hollywood.