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'''''Bollywood''''' is the name given to the [[Mumbai]]-based [[Hindi language]] [[film industry]] in [[India]].  It is considered to be the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced.  The term ''Bollywood'' was created by conflating ''Bombay'' (the city now called [[Mumbai]]) and "[[Hollywood]]". Mumbai is a major centre for the production and editing of Indian films.
 
The films it produces are mostly in [[Hindi language|Hindi]]. They are generally  [[musical]]s. Few movies are made without at least one song-and-dance number. Indian audiences expect full value for their money; they want songs and dances, love interest, comedy and dare-devil thrills, all mixed up in a three hour long extravaganza with intermission.  Such movies are called ''masala'' movies, after the spice mixture ''masala''. Like ''masala'', these movies have everything. 
 
 The plots are often melodramatic, featuring twins separated at birth, conniving villains, evil step-mothers, courtesans with hearts of gold, dramatic reversals of fortune, and improbable coincidences.  
 
 *[[Mani Ratnam]] - ''[[Anjali]]'', ''[[Roja]]'', ''[[Bombay]]'', ''[[Dil Se]]''
 *[[Shakti Samanta]] - ''Aradhana'', ''Anuraag''
 *[[Ram Gopal Varma]] - ''[[Rangeela]]'', ''[[Satya]]'', ''[[Company]]''
*[[Satyajit Ray]] - [[Oscar]] for lifetime achievement, ''[[Pather Panchali]]''
 
 ==Popular Bollywood Films (in reverse chronological order) ==
 
 
 * ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' (1989): Rich boy Prem (Salman Khan) falls for poor girl Suman (Bhagyashree). 
 
* ''[[Sholay]]'' (1975):  The film narrates the story of an ex-cop Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar) who hires two jail birds (Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra) to eradicate a town and neighbouring villages of the menace of Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan) and his band of dreaded dacoits.  Based on American sphagetti westerns, it became the most successful film in Indian flim history.
 
 * ''Jai Santoshi Maa'' (1975). A good woman is abandoned by her husband and mis-treated by his  malicious sisters-in-law, but her devotion to the goddess Santoshi Maa solves all. This B-movie mythological was an unexpected success and elevated a regional deity (Santoshi Maa) to wider fame. 
 
 <eod> <sod> [[de:Bollywood]] [[fr:Bollywood]] [[nl:Bollywood]] [[sv:Bollywood]]
 
'''''Bollywood''''' is the name given to the [[Mumbai]]-based [[Hindi]] language [[film industry]] in [[India]].  It is considered to be the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced.  The term ''Bollywood'' was created by conflating ''Bombay'' (the city now called Mumbai) and "[[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]]". Mumbai is a major centre for the production and editing of Indian films.
 
The films it produces are mostly in Hindi. They are generally  [[musical]]s. Few movies are made without at least one song-and-dance number. Indian audiences expect full value for their money; they want songs and dances, love interest, comedy and dare-devil thrills, all mixed up in a three hour long extravaganza with intermission.  Such movies are called ''masala'' movies, after the spice mixture ''masala''. Like ''masala'', these movies have everything. 
 
 The plots are often melodramatic, featuring twins separated at birth, conniving villains, evil step-mothers, courtesans with hearts of gold, dramatic reversals of fortune, and improbable coincidences.  
 
 *[[Mani Ratnam]] - ''[[Anjali]]'', ''[[Roja]]'', ''[[Bombay]]'', ''[[Dil Se]]''
 *[[Shakti Samanta]] - ''Aradhana'', ''Anuraag''
 *[[Ram Gopal Varma]] - ''[[Rangeela]]'', ''[[Satya]]'', ''[[Company]]''
*[[Satyajit Ray]] - [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for lifetime achievement, ''[[Pather Panchali]]''
 
 ==Popular Bollywood Films (in reverse chronological order) ==
 
 
 * ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' (1989): Rich boy Prem (Salman Khan) falls for poor girl Suman (Bhagyashree). 
 
* ''[[Sholay]]'' (1975):  The film narrates the story of an ex-cop Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar) who hires two jail birds (Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra) to eradicate a town and neighbouring villages of the menace of Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan) and his band of dreaded dacoits.  Based on American spaghetti westerns, it became the most successful film in Indian film history.
 
 * ''Jai Santoshi Maa'' (1975). A good woman is abandoned by her husband and mis-treated by his  malicious sisters-in-law, but her devotion to the goddess Santoshi Maa solves all. This B-movie mythological was an unexpected success and elevated a regional deity (Santoshi Maa) to wider fame. 
 
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