Bollywood

Summary

Bollywood is a film genre^[1]. Bollywood ranks in the top 7% of film_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,235 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bollywood's instance of is recorded as film genre^[3].
• Bollywood's instance of is recorded as cinema by country or region^[4].
• Mumbai is named after Bollywood^[5].
• Hollywood is named after Bollywood^[6].
• Bollywood's headquarters location is recorded as Mumbai^[7].
• Bollywood is a type of cinema of India^[8].
• Bollywood's Commons category is recorded as Bollywood^[9].
• Bollywood's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hindi cinema^[10].
• Bollywood's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Hindi cinema^[11].
• Bollywood's different from is recorded as Marathi cinema^[12].
• Bollywood's language used is recorded as Hindi^[13].
• Bollywood's language used is recorded as Urdu^[14].
• Bollywood's language used is recorded as Hindustani^[15].
• Bollywood's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include film genre^[3] and cinema by country or region^[4]. Bollywood is a type of cinema of India^[8].

Origins

Things named after include Mumbai^[5], a megacity^[17], in India^[18], founded in 1507^[19] and Hollywood^[6], a neighborhood^[20], in United States^[21].

Why It Matters

Bollywood ranks in the top 7% of film_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,235 views/month).^[2] Bollywood has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] Bollywood is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]