Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Mid-century: TV and science ·1976
Bollywood
Bombay Hollywood
- Meaning
- The Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai (formerly Bombay).
- Source words
- Bombay + Hollywood
- Coined by
- Bevinda Collaco
- Year
- 1976
Background
Collaco, a Bombay film journalist, is credited in Indian trade press with popularising the word. Many Indian critics object to the term as suggesting derivative status; filmmakers like Amitabh Bachchan have publicly criticised it.
Mid-century: TV and science
Two engines dominated: television (sitcom, televangelist) and post-war big science (pulsar, transistor). Many mid-century coinages came from scientific style sheets and industry journals.
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