Indian cinema
Bollywood film industry
Indian cinema refers to the film industries of India, producing more films annually than any other country.
Bollywood—Hindi-language cinema based in Mumbai—is the most internationally recognized, but India has thriving regional industries in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and other languages.
Indian films are known for musical sequences, melodrama, and epic length.
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- playback singingPre-recorded vocals for film
- BollywoodIndian film industry
- film industryCommercial moviemaking sector
- golden eraPeriod of peak achievement
- MalayalamDravidian language of Kerala
film studios · box office · star system · biopics · family drama · item numbers · folk storytelling · social commentary · hero worship · film festivals · distributors · multiplexes · historical epics · religious symbolism · song and dance · dance sequences · melodrama · sari
- Indian mediaBollywood, Tollywood, news channels, radio stations, serials
- IndiaDelhi, Ganges, Mumbai, Taj Mahal, Punjab
- world mediaworld news, foreign films, news networks, dubbed films, news channels
- World CinemaFrench New Wave, Bollywood, Nollywood, Tollywood, Swedish film
- Tamil cultureThirukkural, veena
- Postcolonial Artresistance art, cultural hybridity, negritude, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie
Indian cinemaHollywood
American film industry center
American cinema · Western cinema · British cinema · European cinema · French cinema
Indian cinemaneorealism
Art emphasizing contemporary actuality
Hollywood · kitchen sink realism · social realism · French New Wave · silent cinema
Indian cinemaindependent film
Non-studio movie production
arthouse cinema · experimental cinema · student film · home movies