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Cinema of India
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This article is about cinema of India. For a more general coverage of media in India see Indian media.
South Asian cinema
Cinema of Afghanistan
Cinema of Bangladesh
Bengali cinema
Cinema of India
Assamese cinema
Bengali cinema
Bollywood
Karnataka cinema
Kollywood
Malayalam cinema
Marathi cinema
Ollywood
Punjwood
Tollywood
Cinema of Nepal
Cinema of Pakistan
Karachi film industry
Lahore film industry
Pashto film industry
Cinema of Sri Lanka
The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced annually (877 feature films and 1177 short films were released in the year 2003 alone).[1] India accounts for 73% of movie admissions in the Asia-Pacific region, and earnings are currently estimated at US$8.9 billion.[citation needed] The industry is mainly supported by the vast cinema-going Indian public. The Central Board of Film Certification of India cites on its website that every three months an audience as large as India's billion-strong population visits cinema halls.[2] Indian films are popular in various parts of the world, especially in countries with significant Indian communities.
