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Also Known As Hindi film industry
Date c. 1930 - present
Areas Of Involvement film • Sholay at 50: The Film That Changed Bollywood Forever • List of Highest-Grossing Indian Films • Why Is Bollywood Film Series Dhurandhar Controversial?
Related People Saeed Jaffrey • Shammi Kapoor • Katrina Kaif • O. P. Nayyar • Rajesh Khanna • Kareena Kapoor • Salman Khan • Deepika Padukone • Amitabh Bachchan • Ranveer Singh • Asha Bhosle • Aishwarya Rai Bachchan • Shah Rukh Khan • Nayanthara • Shashi Kapoor

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Sholay
Raj Kapoor
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Om Puri
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in a black leather outfit poses confidently at the center of a group of female dancers in a dimly lit nightclub scene from Dhoom:2.
Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra Jonas perform a classical dance in matching maroon saris, surrounded by dancers, in a grand hall scene from Bajirao Mastani.
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Lagaan
Eight colorful vintage Bollywood movie posters with dramatic illustrations and Hindi text are displayed in two rows at the Singapore National Museum.
A photo montage of a colorful Indian flag waving on a white paper background, and a black and white photo of two Indian filmmakers peering through a large film movie camera.
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