Bollywood is a popular name for the film industry in India. The name is a combination of Bombay, the former name of the city of Mumbai, where the Indian film industry is based, and Hollywood, the capital of cinema in the United States and a defact symbol for movies worldwide. The majority of Bollywood films use the Hindi, Urdu or Hindustani languages. It has become more common, however, for these films to include the extensive use of English as well, both in songs and in dialogue, as English has become more widely known in India and as Bollywood’s export market has increased. which used music and dance as a way to further the plot and provide a diverting entertainment without actually depending on the song and dance for the core of the film.Bollywood films are popular throughout the world, not only because of the large numbers of people from India and Pakistan who live in other countries but because many people find them to be well made and entertaining.Bollywood movies also are wildly popular in the Middle East, including Afghanistan and Iran.The world's movie capital is not Hollywood but Bollywood. Bollywood is the nickname for the Indian film industry located in Bombay.Indians are in love with movies, even though most films follow a similar format called masala.Since India is a country of sixteen official languages and a total of twenty-four languages spoken by over a million people each, some portions of the film industry are fragmented. While Mumbai  leads India in film production, its specialty lies with Hindi movies. Chennai  produces films in Tamil and Kolkata is the Bengali movie capital. Neighboring Pakistan's Lahore calls itself Lollywood.Bollywood's film production center is a government-owned studio facility known as "Film City" in the northern suburbs of Mumbai. Bollywood traces its start to 1911 when the first silent Indian feature film was released by D.P. Phalke. The industry boomed and today there are over 250 theaters in Mumbai alone.The stars of Bollywood are very popular and highly paid, considering the budget of the films. Stars may be in such high demand that they're working on ten films at once. Photographs of Bollywood stars grace shop windows and homes throughout the country. Indian movies are becoming more and more popular around the world so watch for them in theaters and video stores near you.
The most famous movies of bollywood:-
a) munna bhai mbbs series, 2 movies
b) dhoom 1
c) chak de india!
d) black
e) 3 idiots
f) lagaan
g) khakee
h) kaho na pyaar hai
i) dilwale dulhaniya le jayenge