The famous Mumbai based film industry most wanted likely name is Bollywood. Hindi is its main language. Although the term is generally indicative of a specific genre of Indian cinema, it is more often used to denote the entire Indian Film Industry.
Bollywood is also very popularly known as the Hindi Cinema in India that produces films with a combination of Hindi, Urdu and English dialects. Even though the term Bollywood sounds like a poor mimicry of Hollywood, it has now been introduced in the Oxford English Dictionary because of its widespread acceptance and popularity. 1940- 1960 was regarded as the Golden Age of Hindi Cinema. Pyaasa, Awara and Kagaz Ke Phool were some of the most critically acclaimed Hindi movies to be produced at that time. But the history of Hindi cinema dates back when Dadasaheb Phalke made the first silent film in India. In the later years elements of romance, melodrama and action came into to the picture. During the 1970’s Shyam Benegal was producing films of a different genre and was hence was known as parallel cinema. Nowadays Hindi cinema is made which appeals to all segments of the audience. Audience no longer is happy with the song and dance routine only and they try to find some substance and more meaning when watching a movie.
Bollywood industry and the stunning celebrity stars of the Film Industry are always in the lime light due to various reasons. The western films on the Hindi cinema and this have consequently led to a massive transformation in the conventional Hindi films. Today, the films released in Bollywood have a more mainstream touch and deals with a range of serious social issues garnering interest as well as support for social causes.
Moreover, English dialogues and phrases have a very obvious presence in the Hindi films to the extent that nowadays, you will even come across Indian Films scripted in English.
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