
The term “BOLLYWOOD” has been derived from the word Bombay which is now known as Mumbai. Bollywood from its beginning has been a mass producers of masala entertainer movies which typically included action, romance, drama, comedy, musical numbers etc. Masala films fall under the genre of musical films of which Bollywood has been a mass producer of. Bollywood is one of the largest business of India which produces motion pictures using the help of different people from different fields such as technicians, artists, makeup-men, stunt-men, directors, photographers, graphic designers, dress designers etc. Bollywood’s first ever movie created, directed, written, produced was Dadasaheb Phalke’s silent Raja Harishchandra (1913). The first ever Bollywood movie which earned 100 cr was Ghajini and thus Amir khan its lead actor is known as the 100 cr club founder. Further Sholay is regarded as all time best, greatest, and most influential Indian Cinema ever made. In 2022 the Bollywood industry has seen a great downfall in their business due to the “Boycott Bollywood” trend going on due to several issues. There are only 3 Bollywood movies which performed well at the box office which are The Kashmir Files, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, Drishyam 2.