Africa. Ghollywood refers to the film industry in Ghana. Hillywood refers to the annual Rwanda Film Festival and to the film industry in general in Rwanda, a country known for its hilly terrain. Nollywood refers to the film industry in Nigeria.
The Nigerian film industry, known as Nollywood, is the second-largest in the world in terms of output, turning out over 2,500 movies each year. This amount tops Hollywood and is only surpassed by Bollywood in India.
Welcome to Nollywood: The world’s second-largest film industry
Where is Lollywood located?
Cinema of Pakistan, popularly known as Lollywood (Urdu: پاکِستانی سینما), refers to the filmmaking industry in Pakistan. Pakistan is home to several film studios centres, primarily located in its three largest cities – Karachi, Lahore.
Punjabi cinema, popularly known as Pollywood, refers to the Punjabi-language film industry centered around the Indian state of Punjab, and based in Amritsar and Mohali. The cinema of Punjab has its beginnings with the 1928 production of Ajj dia thia, the earliest feature film produced in the region.
The nickname Tollywood is a portmanteau of the words Telugu and Hollywood. Moola Narayana Swamy and B. N. Reddy founded Vijaya Vauhini Studios in 1948 in the city of Chennai.
It is very well known to everyone that the maverick director SS Rajamouli has taken the Telugu Cinema to the unexpected levels with his films like Baahubali 2 and RRR.
These movies are referred to as “Nollywood” because they were produced in Nigeria utilizing a type of video equipment known as a “Nolly,” which was thought to be an acronym for “Nigeria” or “National Optical Lens.” Nowadays, many studios have been constructed in Lagos with projection technology.
The Yoruba people and their traveling theater tradition are a major player in the creation of Nollywood. The Yoruba are a group of African people living in the western part of Nigeria and Benin, who would put on plays as they traveled from village to village.
Topping the list is Nigeria, home to Nollywood, the second-largest film industry globally in terms of movie production. With an average revenue of $15.32 million, Nollywood boasts an astonishing output of about 2,500 films annually, second only to India's Bollywood.
Lollywood is a Pakistan's film industry which has served as the base for both Urdu and Punjabi-language film production. Lahore has been the center of Pakistani cinema since independence in 1947.
Hallyuwood, a compound word combining the word Hallyu (Korean Wave) with wood from Hollywood, is the informal term popularly used to describe the Korean-language entertainment and film industry in South Korea.
Nagarjuna Akkineni aka the King of Tollywood, who is undoubtedly one of the best actors in the south cinema, is the richest actor in the Telugu film industry. According to reports, his net worth is estimated to be over Rs 3000cr!
The Film and TV studios of Elstree and Borehamwood are known worldwide for glamorous actors, superstar directors and a legacy of TV and film hits – from Star Wars to The Crown – often called the British Hollywood.
The term Hallyuwood has been used and quoted in various news articles, journals, books and symposiums to describe people, places and events related to the Korean Wave such as a planned "Hallyuwood Walk of Fame" in the glitzy Gangnam District in Seoul to a bibimbap dish called Bibigo: The Hallyuwood hopeful.
Uzumasa is the district of Kyoto that's also known as the Hollywood of Japan. The first film studio was built in 1926 by Tsumasaburo Bando, the “king of samurai dramas.
Bollywood is the Mumbai Film industry (India's Hindi Film Industry). The name “Bollywood” was coined during the 1970's. It is India's and world's largest film industry in terms of films produced and released each year. The term Bollywood originated when Indian film industry overtook the Hollywood film industry.
The cinema of the United States, often generally referred to as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. The United States cinema (Hollywood) is the oldest film industry in the world and also the largest film industry in terms of revenue.
Bollywood is a humorous moniker for the Indian cinema industry. It is derived from the names “Hollywood,” the heart of American film production, and “Bombay,” the former name of India's largest metropolis (now called Mumbai).
