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Cinema of India. The movie industry of India.BY: Nidhi | Category: Entertainment | Post Date: 2008-11-30
Bollywood or the Hindi Cinema: Bollywood refers to Hindi language film industry based in the Mumbai (Bombay), and it is the film-producing district in the world. About 800 to 900 movies are made in India per year; almost twice the number Hollywood produces annually. Telugu cinema or Tollywood: Tollywood refers to movies made in Andhra Pradesh in Telugu language. It is the second largest in India in terms of number of movies released per year (after Bollywood). A popular actor called Brahmanandam got Guinness Record for acting more than 750 films in a single Language. About 150 Telugu films are released every year and accounts for 1% GDP of the state. Telugu movies budgets typically range between 7-15 crores per film. Tamil cinema or Kollywood: Kollywood is the name for Tamil language film industry located in Chennai. Over 100 films have been released in the last few years. Movies are a big industry in Tamil Nadu and this film industry accounts for approx. 1% of the of the State's GDP. Oriya Cinema or Ollywood: Ollywood is the name given to the Oriya film industry located in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. They release a film every few years. Punjabi Cinema or Punjwood or Pollywood: Pollywood film industry is located in the state of Punjab and has produced about 1,000 movies so far. Bengali cinema or Tollygunge (sometimes Tollywood): Tollygunge is the name for Bengali language film industry located in Kolkata (Calcutta). About 70 Bengali movies are released every year with a budget of about few lakhs to Rs 2 crore per movie. Other smaller movie industries include: Assamese cinema: In the state of Assam. Malayalam cinema: Kerela State. Marathi cinema: Maharashtra Bhojpuri cinema (Purvanchal): Eastern UP and Bihar. The Kannada film industry (Sandalwood) The Kashmiri film industry Thanks to a large number of languages spoken in India, there are even many more smaller movie industries all over India. Article Source: http://www.writearticles.org About Author / Additional Info: Additional Articles: * Hyperhidrosis: Stop excessive sweating and enjoy life free from embarrassments * More Than Just Dinner and a Movie: Getting to Know One Another * Shopping For Your Perfect Facial Foundation- Helpful Tips * Buying brand new cars had never been so easy! * Men are better drivers than women - That's not true! Does this article violate or infringe on your copyright ? It is a violation of our terms for authors to submit content which they did not write and claim it as their own. If this article infringes on your copyrights, then use our Contact us form with the detailed proof of infringement along with the offending article's title, URL and writer name. If you do not hear back from us then contact us again in another 10 days. Thank you. Comments on this article: (0 comments so far) * Additional comments are now closed for this article *
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