Madhuri Dixit, Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai in 'Devdas'
For those who are unfamiliar with the term, Bollywood is the name given to the Mumbai based Hindi-language film industry in India. The term Bollywood was created by conflicting Bombay (the city now known as Mumbai) and Hollywood. Bollywood makes atleast 800 films a year and are usually filled with music, dancing, love, drama and action. The plots are often melodramatic and they frequently employ formulaic ingredients such as star-crossed lovers, corrupt politicians, twins seperated at birth, conniving villains, angry parents, courtesans with hearts of gold, dramatic reversals of fortune and convenient coincidences.[hidepost]
Bollywood has many favorite actors and actresses such as Shahrukh Khan, the talented Aishwarya Rai, the best dancer Madhuri Dixit and the classic Amitabh Bachan who stars in Sholay, one of Bollywood's most famous films.
Bollywood has become an influence to many other films today and has also crossed over to America, London, Canada and many other countries.
Slumdog Millionaire, 2008's ground breaking film, has also played a big part in influencing western audiences' interests in the Indian Film industry as well as indian fashion, dancing and music.
Now you know about Bollywood so take a look and get a taste of the action!
Watch as Bollywood's favorite actresses, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit, dance it off in one of Bollywood's most famous films, Devdas.
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