Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and Bombay cinema, refers to India's Hindi-language film industry, based in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" and "Hollywood".
Dadasaheb Phalke is considered the father of Indian cinema, including Hindi cinema.
R. D. Burman is considered one of the most prolific and influential music director of Hindi cinema.
Kishore Kumar is regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of modern Indian music.
Lata Mangeshkar She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent.
Deewaar is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Yash Chopra, from a story by Salim–Javed. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, and alongside an ensemble cast of Neetu
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Deewaar was the inspiration behind director Danny Boyle (pictured above)'s Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire (2008).
Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan
Shashi Kapoor during a media interaction at 36th IFFI, 2005