Film Industry - Bollywood
Bollywood is the name given to the Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. When combined with other Indian film industries (Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada), it is considered to be the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced, and maybe also the number of tickets sold. The world’s movie capital is not Hollywood but Bollywood. Bollywood is the nickname for the Indian film industry located in Bombay (now known as Mumbai, though Mollywood hasn’t quite caught on.)
Indians are in love with movies, even though most films follow a similar format called masala (the word for a collection of spices). Movies are three to four hours long (and include an intermission), include dozens of songs and dances (featuring 100 or so choreographed dancers), top stars, the story between the songs of boy meets girl (without any kissing or sexual contact), lots of action (though no bloodshed), and always - a happy ending.
Amitabh Bachchan admitted to Mumbai hospital…
Mumbai, Nov 28 (IANS) Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan was admitted to a private hospital here late Monday night after being discharged earlier from a private clinic in New Delhi where he was treated for a stomach ache.
Bachchan, 63, was flown in here after being discharged from the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre in New Delhi.
“He was admitted to the hospital due to some stomach pain. Now his condition is stable and we have discharged him after all the required check ups,” Naresh Trehan, the executive director of the Escorts hospital, told reporters.
Trehan said that Bachchan’s condition was normal.
“We conducted some medical tests and all the reports were normal. He is feeling comfortable and he has been given medicine,” said Trehan, who attended on the star.
Bachchan, who was in Lucknow Sunday, was admitted to the Escorts facility early Monday morning.
Besides his wife Jaya and son Abhishek, Samajwadi Party leader and close friend Amar Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav visited Bachchan in the hospital in Delhi.
