Indian cinema tourism
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Indian cinema tourism refers to the Indian film industry, which consists of multiple 'woods'. The largest is Bollywood, a portmanteau of the city of Mumbai's former name "Bombay" and "Hollywood". In fact it is the largest in the world by the number of feature films made each year, well ahead of Hollywood. Bollywood films are mostly in Hindi and, since Hindi and Urdu are quite similar as spoken languages, they are popular in Pakistan as well as in India.
Other 'woods', smaller but still of significant size, include Tollywood (Telugu cinema), Kollywood (Tamil cinema) Mollywood (Malayalam cinema), and Sandalwood (Kannada cinema).
As Indian cinema grows its global presence, so has Indian cinema tourism. Ardent fans visit famous shooting locations around the world, celebrity homes and other themed destinations.
UnderstandIndian cinema is one of the world’s largest and most diverse film ecosystems, producing thousands of movies each year across multiple languages and regional industries.
WatchThere are other major film industries with major films and TV series.
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- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Indian cinema tourism" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo: Pratish Khedekar, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons