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Prior to the 1947 partition of India into the Republic of India and Pakistan, the Lahore film industry was initially part of the British Raj-era cinema of India.The Bombay cinema industry (now known as Hindi cinema or "Bollywood" in modern India) was closely linked to the Lahore film industry, as both produced films in the Hindustani language, also known as Hindi-Urdu, the lingua franca of ...
The first Hollywood-inspired nickname, dating back to 1932, was Tollywood, [ 1] referring to the Bengali film industry in Tollygunge, a neighbourhood in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal, India. [ 2] The most widely recognized Hollywood-inspired nickname is Bollywood, the informal name for the Hindi language film industry in Mumbai ...
Between 1947 and 2007, Pakistani cinema was predominantly based in Lahore, home to the nation's largest film industry (nicknamed Lollywood). [7] Pakistani films during this period attracted large audiences and had a strong cult following. They were a part of the mainstream culture, and were widely available and imitated by the masses.
In 2015, only five Punjabi films were made in Lollywood. Punjabi films continued to languish in this year also. Punjabi films continued to languish in this year also. Punjabi releases such as Razia Phas Gayi Gundon Main , Shaan 's Lahoria tay Pishoria , Gujjar Pooray Dinna Da , Sohna Gujjar and Sami Rawal all failed to make a mark on the box ...
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, [ 3] refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Hollywood". The industry is a part of the larger Indian cinema, which also ...
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The Pakistani Urdu language and Punjabi language film industry was nicknamed Lollywood. The 'L' in Lollywood is for the city of Lahore where the Punjabi language film industry is still based. Urdu language films are largely produced in Karachi now (see Kariwood ). Lollywood films should be placed in appropriate subcategories, and in Category ...
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