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Tollywood vs Bollywood - What's the difference?

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In informal terms the difference between tollywood and bollywood

is that tollywood is the Telugu film industry located in Hyderabad, Telangana while bollywood is the Hindi film industry located in Mumbai, India.

tollywood

English

Etymology 1

(Telugu cinema) .

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (lb) The Telugu film industry located in Hyderabad, Telangana.

    • Etymology 2

    (Cinema of West Bengal)
  • (lb) The Bengali film industry located in Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal.

    • Etymology 3

  • A portmanteau derived from "Tolkien Hollywood", used to describe the cinematographic presentation of the stories in J. R. R. Tolkien's Legendarium.

    • bollywood

    English

    (wikipedia Bollywood)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (informal) The Hindi film industry located in Mumbai, India.