Tollywood(Bangla)

Tollywood(Bangla)

South Asian cinema
  • Cinema of India
    • Assamese cinema
    • Badaga cinema
    • Bengali cinema
    • Bhojpuri cinema
    • Gujarati cinema
    • Hindi cinema
    • Kannada cinema
    • Konkani cinema
    • Kosli cinema
    • Malayalam cinema
    • Marathi cinema
    • Oriya cinema
    • Punjabi cinema
    • Tamil cinema
    • Telugu cinema
    • Tulu cinema
  • Cinema of Bangladesh
  • Cinema of Nepal
  • Cinema of Sri Lanka
  • Cinema of Pakistan
    • Karachi cinema
    • Lahore cinema
    • Pashto cinema
    • Pothwari cinema
    • Sindhi cinema
  • Miscellaneous
    • Cinema of Bengal
    • Cinema of South India

The Cinema of West Bengal (Bengali: টলিউড), Tollywood refers to the Tollygunge-based Bengali film industry in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The origins of the nickname Tollywood, a portmanteau of the words Tollygunge and Hollywood, dates back to 1932. The industry is known for producing many of Indian cinema's most critically acclaimed Parallel Cinema art films, with several of its filmmakers gaining international acclaim, most notably Satyajit Ray.

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