2. Bollywood is the informal term popularly used
for the Hindi-language film industry based in
Mumbai (formerly known
as Bombay), Maharashtra, India. The term is
often incorrectly used to refer to the whole
of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total
Indian film industry, which includes other
production centers producing films in regional
languages. Bollywood is the largest film
producer in India and one of the largest centers
of film production in the world.
3. Raja Harishchandra (1913), by Dadasaheb
Phalke, was the first silent feature film made in India.
By the 1930s, the industry was producing over 200 films
per annum.The first Indian sound film,Ardeshir
Irani's Alam Ara (1931), was a major commercial
success. There was clearly a huge market for talkies and
musicals; BOLLYWOOD and all the regional film
industries quickly switched to sound filming.