A fast-rising parallel film industry in India is competing with Bollywood's musicals and action-packed films and has taken the world by storm: Itโs called Tollywood.
As Mumbai is to Hindi films โ or Bollywood โ the southern Indian city of Hyderabad is to movies made in Telugu, one of the countryโs most widely spoken languages. Tollywood films like "RRRโ and "Baahubaliโ have achieved international acclaim at the box office and on the awards stage.
The Telugu-language film industry, widely known as Tollywood, is one of Indiaโs many regional movie-producing centers. But it's drawn national and global audiences with its high-adrenaline action movies, mythic storylines and grand visual style. It has carved out its own identity separate from Hindi-language Bollywood by leaning toward star-driven spectacle and large-scale epics.
Tollywood primarily operates out of Hyderabad, which is home to Ramoji Film City. The 1,666-acre (674-hectare) facility, recognized by Guinness World Records as the worldโs largest film studio
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