The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced annually. As there are many languages in India, there are lots of branches to Indian film industry.
The most well-known and largest branch would have to be the Hindi speaking-Bollywood industry. The name Bollywood originated from the city Bombay and is also derived from 'Hollywood'. {B+ Hollywood=Bollywood}.
Bombay {now called Mumbai}, as one can guess is the base of Bollywood movies.
Bollywood films are nowadays influenced largely by the western cultures...the movies are now more or less a blend of indian and western cultures.. An entire movie shot in a foreign country has become the norm in these bollywood films. Many of the times, the moviemakers even shoot song scenes in a variety of foreign countries...so that they can make the movie all the more glamourous and entertaining for the audience.
They show the real Indian culture in that they are mostly always a combination of song, dance and acting....much like a musical!
They are viewed by a large number of South-asians living abroad in other western countries, i.e. USA, Canada, UK...
Theres no doubt that Bollywood has increasing international recognition nowadays... its actors such as the bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai are well-known Indian ambassidors in Hollywood.
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