HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE -- Hindi Motion Pictures Industry

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the Indian film industry. Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest in the world. The name is a portmanteau of Bombay (the former name for Mumbai) and Hollywood, the center of the American film industry. Bollywood is generally referred to as Hindi cinema, though frequent use of poetic Urdu words is fairly common. There has been a growing presence of Indian English in dialogue and songs as well. It is not uncommon to see films that feature dialogue with English words and phrases, or even whole sentences.

Popular films made in the past 10 years that have won awards or created headlines:

Baghban


Bhool Bhulaiyaa

Bunty Aur Babli

Chak De India

Devdas

Dhoom

Dhoom 2

Dil Chahta Hai

Gadar Ek Prem Katha

Ghajini

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Jab We Met

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai

Kal Ho Naa Ho

Koi Mil Gaya

Krrish

Lagaan

Lage Raho Munnabhai

Main Hoon Na

Mangal Pandey

Munnabhai MBBS

Namastey London

Om Shanti Om

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Rang De Basanti

Singh Is Kinng

Taare Zameen Par

Veer Zaara

Vivah

Wednesday