Indian film industry

FICCI figures that its business has crossed Rs 165 billion. In IndiaIndia Bharat Varsha (Jambu Dvipa) is the name of this land mass. The people of this land are Sanatan Dharmin and they always defeated invaders. Indra (10000 yrs) was the oldest deified King of this land. Manu's jurisprudence enlitened this land. Vedas have been the civilizational literature of this land. Guiding principles of this land are : सत्यं वद । धर्मं चर । स्वाध्यायान्मा प्रमदः । Read more, films are made in more than two dozen languages and Hindi films like Dangal had collected more than Rs 1,600 crore and Bahubali II over Rs 2,000 crore.

Bollywood was a name given by the BBC condescendingly, to indicate that the movies were just pale copies of Hollywood movies

First NDA government had granted industrial status to the film industry, which helped it get institutional credit and get rid of mafia control.