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Arts & Culture
Bollywood
film industry, India
Category:
Arts & Culture
- Date:
- c. 1930 - present
- Areas Of Involvement:
- film
- Related People:
- A.R. Rahman
- Aishwarya Bachchan Rai
- Kishore Kumar
- Yash Chopra
- Sunil Dutt
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Bollywood, Hindi-language sector of the Indian moviemaking industry that began in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the 1930s and developed into an enormous film empire. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) After early Indian experiments in silent film, in 1934 Bombay Talkies, launched by Himansu Rai, spearheaded the growth of Indian cinema. Over the years, several classic genres emerged from Bollywood: the historical epic, notably Mughal-e-Azam (1960); the curry western, such as Sholay (1975); the courtesan film, such as Pakeezah (1972), which highlights stunning cinematography and sensual dance choreography; and the mythological movie, represented by Jai Santoshi Maa (1975). ...(100 of 328 words)