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-The word is often used to describe Indian [[cinema]] as a whole, but more precisely it means [[Hindi]] language movies only. The term ''Bollywood'' combines [[Bombay]] (where most Hindi movies are made) and [[Hollywood]] (where most [[United States|American]] movies are made).
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	'''Bollywood''', an Indian Hollywood, refers to the [[Hindi]] language [[movie]] [[industry]] in [[India]].~~<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/movies/hindi\|title=Hindi Movies(Bollywood) Releases in 2018\|website=BookMyShow}}</ref>~~		'''Bollywood''', an Indian Hollywood, refers to the [[Hindi]] language [[movie]] [[industry]] in [[India]].

	The word is often used to describe Indian [[cinema]] as a whole, but more precisely it means [[Hindi]] language movies only. The term ''Bollywood'' combines [[Bombay]] (where most Hindi movies are made) and [[Hollywood]] (where most [[United States\|American]] movies are made).		The word is often used to describe Indian [[cinema]] as a whole, but more precisely it means [[Hindi]] language movies only. The term ''Bollywood'' combines [[Bombay]] (where most Hindi movies are made) and [[Hollywood]] (where most [[United States\|American]] movies are made).

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	==Sound==		==Sound==
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	Sound in early Bollywood films was usually not recorded on location ([[sync sound]]). It was usually created (or re-created) in the studio,<ref name="dubbing">{{cite news\|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/News-Gossip/Did-you-Know-/Lagaan-used-synchronized-sound/articleshow/3987370.cms\|title=Lagaan used synchronized sound\|date=16 January 2009\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=29 December 2009~~}}{{dead link\|date=December 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes~~ }}</ref> with the actors [[Dubbing (filmmaking)\|speaking their lines]] in the studio and [[Foley (filmmaking)\|sound effects]] added later; this created synchronisation problems.<ref name="dubbing"/> Commercial Indian films are known for their lack of ambient sound, and the [[Arri\|Arriflex 3]] camera necessitated dubbing. ''[[Lagaan]]'' (2001) was filmed with sync sound,<ref name="dubbing"/> and several Bollywood films have recorded on-location sound since then.		Sound in early Bollywood films was usually not recorded on location ([[sync sound]]). It was usually created (or re-created) in the studio,<ref name="dubbing">{{cite news\|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/News-Gossip/Did-you-Know-/Lagaan-used-synchronized-sound/articleshow/3987370.cms\|title=Lagaan used synchronized sound\|date=16 January 2009\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref> with the actors [[Dubbing (filmmaking)\|speaking their lines]] in the studio and [[Foley (filmmaking)\|sound effects]] added later; this created synchronisation problems.<ref name="dubbing"/> Commercial Indian films are known for their lack of ambient sound, and the [[Arri\|Arriflex 3]] camera necessitated dubbing. ''[[Lagaan]]'' (2001) was filmed with sync sound,<ref name="dubbing"/> and several Bollywood films have recorded on-location sound since then.

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	A commonly-reported justification for plagiarism in Bollywood is that cautious producers want to remake popular Hollywood films in an Indian context. Although screenwriters generally produce original scripts, many are rejected due to uncertainty about whether a film will be successful.<ref name="Times plagiarism" /> Poorly-paid screenwriters have also been criticised for a lack of creativity.<ref name="Cloning">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/08/03/stories/2003080300090400.htm\|title=Cloning Hollywood\|date=3 August 2003\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|accessdate=14 April 2009\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> Some filmmakers see plagiarism in Bollywood as an integral part of globalisation, with which Western (particularly American) culture is embedding itself into Indian culture.<ref name="Cloning"/> [[Vikram Bhatt]], director of ''[[Raaz (2002 film)\|Raaz]]'' (a remake of ''[[What Lies Beneath]]'') and ''[[Kasoor]]'' (a remake of ''[[Jagged Edge (film)\|Jagged Edge]]''), has spoken about the influence of American culture and Bollywood's desire to produce box-office hits based along the same lines: "Financially, I would be more secure knowing that a particular piece of work has already done well at the box office. Copying is endemic everywhere in India. Our TV shows are adaptations of American programmes. We want their films, their cars, their planes, their [[Diet Coke]]s and also their attitude. The American way of life is creeping into our culture."<ref name="Cloning"/> According to [[Mahesh Bhatt]], "If you hide the source, you're a genius. There's no such thing as originality in the creative sphere".<ref name="Cloning"/>		A commonly-reported justification for plagiarism in Bollywood is that cautious producers want to remake popular Hollywood films in an Indian context. Although screenwriters generally produce original scripts, many are rejected due to uncertainty about whether a film will be successful.<ref name="Times plagiarism" /> Poorly-paid screenwriters have also been criticised for a lack of creativity.<ref name="Cloning">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/08/03/stories/2003080300090400.htm\|title=Cloning Hollywood\|date=3 August 2003\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|accessdate=14 April 2009\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> Some filmmakers see plagiarism in Bollywood as an integral part of globalisation, with which Western (particularly American) culture is embedding itself into Indian culture.<ref name="Cloning"/> [[Vikram Bhatt]], director of ''[[Raaz (2002 film)\|Raaz]]'' (a remake of ''[[What Lies Beneath]]'') and ''[[Kasoor]]'' (a remake of ''[[Jagged Edge (film)\|Jagged Edge]]''), has spoken about the influence of American culture and Bollywood's desire to produce box-office hits based along the same lines: "Financially, I would be more secure knowing that a particular piece of work has already done well at the box office. Copying is endemic everywhere in India. Our TV shows are adaptations of American programmes. We want their films, their cars, their planes, their [[Diet Coke]]s and also their attitude. The American way of life is creeping into our culture."<ref name="Cloning"/> According to [[Mahesh Bhatt]], "If you hide the source, you're a genius. There's no such thing as originality in the creative sphere".<ref name="Cloning"/>

	Although very few cases of film-copyright violations have been taken to court because of a slow legal process,<ref name="Times plagiarism" /> the makers of ''[[Partner (2007 film)\|Partner]]'' (2007) and ''[[Zinda (film)\|Zinda]]'' (2005) were targeted by the owners and distributors of the original films: ''[[Hitch (film)\|Hitch]]'' and ''[[Oldboy (2003 film)\|Oldboy]]''.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/partner-may-face-30-mn-hitch/articleshow/2264000.cms \| title=Partner may face $30 mn Hitch \| work=The Times of India \| date=8 August 2007 \| accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/01/20/stories/2006012002530300.htm\|title=Copycat filmmaker lacks creativity\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=20 January 2006\|accessdate=13 February 2009\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> The American studio [[20th Century Fox]] brought Mumbai-based B. R. Films to court over the latter's forthcoming ''[[Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai]]'', which Fox alleged was an illegal remake of ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]''. B. R. Films eventually settled out of court for about $200,000, paving the way for its film's release.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/bollywood/article6742092.ece \|title=Plagiarism case could stop Bollywood borrowing from Hollywood \|work=The Times \|date= 7 August 2009\|accessdate=12 November 2010 \|first=Rhys \|last=Blakely~~}}{{dead link\|date=April 2019~~}}</ref> Some studios comply with copyright law; in 2008, Orion Pictures secured the rights to remake Hollywood's ''[[Wedding Crashers]]''.<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2008/05/03/11326/index.html Orion Pictures produce official remake to Wedding Crashers], [[Bollywood Hungama]] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728230909/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2008/05/03/11326/index.html \|date=28 July 2014 }}</ref>		Although very few cases of film-copyright violations have been taken to court because of a slow legal process,<ref name="Times plagiarism" /> the makers of ''[[Partner (2007 film)\|Partner]]'' (2007) and ''[[Zinda (film)\|Zinda]]'' (2005) were targeted by the owners and distributors of the original films: ''[[Hitch (film)\|Hitch]]'' and ''[[Oldboy (2003 film)\|Oldboy]]''.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/partner-may-face-30-mn-hitch/articleshow/2264000.cms \| title=Partner may face $30 mn Hitch \| work=The Times of India \| date=8 August 2007 \| accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/01/20/stories/2006012002530300.htm\|title=Copycat filmmaker lacks creativity\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=20 January 2006\|accessdate=13 February 2009\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> The American studio [[20th Century Fox]] brought Mumbai-based B. R. Films to court over the latter's forthcoming ''[[Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai]]'', which Fox alleged was an illegal remake of ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]''. B. R. Films eventually settled out of court for about $200,000, paving the way for its film's release.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/bollywood/article6742092.ece \|title=Plagiarism case could stop Bollywood borrowing from Hollywood \|work=The Times \|date= 7 August 2009\|accessdate=12 November 2010 \|first=Rhys \|last=Blakely}}</ref> Some studios comply with copyright law; in 2008, Orion Pictures secured the rights to remake Hollywood's ''[[Wedding Crashers]]''.<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2008/05/03/11326/index.html Orion Pictures produce official remake to Wedding Crashers], [[Bollywood Hungama]] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728230909/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2008/05/03/11326/index.html \|date=28 July 2014 }}</ref>

	===Music===		===Music===

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	\| box_office_national = [[India]]: {{INR\|3,500 crore}} ({{US$\|565 million\|long=no}}) (2014)<ref name="deloitte1">{{cite web\|title=The Digital March Media & Entertainment in South India\|url=http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/in/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/in-tmt-economic-contribution-of-motion-picture-and-television-industry-noexp.pdf\|publisher=Deloitte\|accessdate=21 April 2014}}</ref><!-- ${{Format price\| }} -->		\| box_office_national = [[India]]: {{INR\|3,500 crore}} ({{US$\|565 million\|long=no}}) (2014)<ref name="deloitte1">{{cite web\|title=The Digital March Media & Entertainment in South India\|url=http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/in/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/in-tmt-economic-contribution-of-motion-picture-and-television-industry-noexp.pdf\|publisher=Deloitte\|accessdate=21 April 2014}}</ref><!-- ${{Format price\| }} -->
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	'''Hindi cinema''', often known as '''Bollywood''' and formerly as ''Bombay cinema'',<ref>{{cite book\|last=Mazumdar\|first=Ranjani\|title=Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City\|publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]]\|isbn=9781452913025\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xenNBrRKOGoC}}</ref> is the [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language film industry based in [[Mumbai]] (formerly Bombay). The term is a [[portmanteau]] of "Bombay" and "[[Cinema of the United States\|Hollywood]]". The industry is related to [[South Indian film industry\|Cinema of South India]] and other Indian film industries, making up [[Indian Cinema]]—the world's largest by number of feature films produced.<ref name="filmfed"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=88966\|title='The word B'wood is derogatory'\|work=The Indian Express\|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985129,00.html\|title=Hooray for Bollywood!\|author=[[Richard Corliss]]\|work=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]]\|date=16 September 1996}}</ref>		'''Hindi cinema''', often known as '''Bollywood''' and formerly as ''Bombay cinema'',<ref>{{cite book\|last=Mazumdar\|first=Ranjani\|title=Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City\|publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]]\|isbn=9781452913025\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xenNBrRKOGoC}}</ref> is the [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language film industry based in [[Mumbai]] (formerly Bombay). The term is a [[portmanteau]] of "Bombay" and "[[Cinema of the United States\|Hollywood]]". The industry is related to [[South Indian film industry\|Cinema of South India]] and other Indian film industries, making up [[Indian Cinema]]—the world's largest by number of feature films produced.<ref name="filmfed"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=88966\|title='The word B'wood is derogatory'\|work=The Indian Express\|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985129,00.html\|title=Hooray for Bollywood!\|author=[[Richard Corliss]]\|work=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]]\|date=16 September 1996}}</ref>

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	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
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	* [[Stephen Alter\|Alter, Stephen]]. ''Fantasies of a Bollywood Love-Thief: Inside the World of Indian Moviemaking''. {{ISBN\|0-15-603084-5}}.		* [[Stephen Alter\|Alter, Stephen]]. ''Fantasies of a Bollywood Love-Thief: Inside the World of Indian Moviemaking''. {{ISBN\|0-15-603084-5}}.
	* [[Begum-Hossain, Momtaz]]. ''Bollywood Crafts: 20 Projects Inspired by Popular Indian Cinema'', 2006. The Guild of Mastercraftsman Publications. {{ISBN\|1-86108-418-8}}.		* [[Begum-Hossain, Momtaz]]. ''Bollywood Crafts: 20 Projects Inspired by Popular Indian Cinema'', 2006. The Guild of Mastercraftsman Publications. {{ISBN\|1-86108-418-8}}.
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	* Rajadhyaksha, Ashish and Willemen, Paul. ''Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema'', Oxford University Press, revised and expanded, 1999.		* Rajadhyaksha, Ashish and Willemen, Paul. ''Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema'', Oxford University Press, revised and expanded, 1999.
	* [[Jha, Subhash]] and [[Bachchan, Amitabh]] (foreword). ''The Essential Guide to Bollywood''. {{ISBN\|978-81-7436-378-7}}.		* [[Jha, Subhash]] and [[Bachchan, Amitabh]] (foreword). ''The Essential Guide to Bollywood''. {{ISBN\|978-81-7436-378-7}}.
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 * [http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0502/feature3 ''National Geographic Magazine'': "Welcome to Bollywood"]
 * [https://www.niffa.org/ National Institute Of Film and Fine Arts]
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