FICCI figures that its business has crossed Rs 165 billion. In India, 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.