Most people think that the capital of the movie world is Hollywood, in the United States. . Mumbai used to be known as Bombay, and so the film industry there is called "Bollywood". Bollywood makes twice as many movies each year as Hollywood-more than 800 films a year.
The movies from Bollywood are very different from Hollywood movies. For one thing, Bollywood movies are much longer than most Hollywood movies. . Because Bollywood films contain so many different features, this style of film is sometimes called a "masala" film. ("Masala" is an Indian word for a mixture of spices.)
. It takes much longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood. In fact, filming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script (剧本) is even finished. The director and writers can make up the story while the film is being made. Sometimes they will even write the script by hand instead of taking time to type it.
. They may work on several movies at the same time and even shoot scenes for several films on the same day using the same clothes and scenery. Since most Bollywood movies follow the same kind of story, shooting scenes for several films at the same time is not a big problem for actors or directors. The average Bollywood film, with a budget of only two million US dollars, seems very cheap compared to the average budget of sixty million US dollars for a Hollywood film-thirty times as much!
A. Hollywood movies are regularly filled with violence.
B. However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in India.
C. Only Indian people can understand Bollywood movies.
D. Most Bollywood movies are more than three hours long.
E. Bollywood actors are very popular and some are in high demand.
F. Another big difference between them is the way the movies are made.
G. This also helps keep the cost of Bollywood movies lower than the cost of Hollywood movies.
