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The book is a chronicle of Bollywood, the Hindi film industry, from its inception with Raja Harishchandra in 1913 to its status as a major global entertainment force. The book details the significant technological innovations and industry developments that have occurred over the decades, contributing to Bollywood's growth.
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood ".
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, [1] refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood ".
Film analysts say that this marks the beginning of the unification of a Pan-Indian film industry as one. [9] After the emergence of South Indian Cinema, Hindi film actors and actresses who experienced a decline in their star value began participating in South Indian films to sustain their careers in the industry. [10]
The cinema of India, consisting of motion pictures made by the Indian film industry, has had a large effect on world cinema since the second half of the 20th century. [8] [9] Indian cinema is made up of various film industries, each focused on producing films in a specific language, such as Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Assamese and others.
Dinesh Raheja (born 31 March 1957) is an Indian author, columnist, TV scriptwriter, film historian. Raheja has been writing on cinema for over 40 years. In his long and prolific career as a writer, he has worked as the Editor of Movie magazine (1988–1999), Channel Editor of India Today's online film section and Editor of Bollywood News Service.
The Indian Hindi language film industry is nicknamed Bollywood. The 'B' in Bollywood is for the city of Bombay (Mumbai) where the industry is based, the rest of the name being an obvious pun on Hollywood. It produces more than 200 movies a year. Bollywood films should be placed in appropriate subcategories, and in Category:Indian films
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