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What is Bollywood? Bollywood is the nickname given to the Indian film industry - it's a play on the word Hollywood. The B comes from Bombay (also known as Mumbai), a big city in India. Bollywood is massive, It makes up to 800 films a year - twice as many as Hollywood and about 14 million Indian people go to the cinema everyday.