Indian Cinema

The Indian Film Industry covers films made across India. It covers not only the cinematic culture of Mumbai, but also the cinematic traditions of states like Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Indian films South Asia and It also includes cinematic traditions. Indian films followed throughout South Asia and the Middle East. As the film gained popularity in the country as a medium, over 1,000 films were produced annually in several Indian languages. Immigrants from countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States have continued to maintain an international audience for Hindi-language films. According to an entry in the Britannica Encyclopedia of Bollywood (2009), some of these films "The threads of the formulaic storytelling, the skillfully integrated fighting scenes, the exquisite song-and-dance routines, and the exaggerated storytelling continue to attract people." The same is true of commercial Tamil and Telugu films. On the other hand, the trend of 'Parallel Cinema' is evident in Bengali cinema, Malayalam cinema, Kannada cinema and other regional language industries known for their serious content, originality and realism.