Movies are an important part of the contemporary Indian society. The culture of Indian society finds its place in the movies. The movies of India include the movies or films produced across the country. Movies have gained a large popularity in India and the main role goes to the media. One of the world’s largest and oldest Film Industry is in India. In early 1913, India got its first public screening. The Film was directed by most popular Dadasaheb Phalke and the name of the film was Raja Harischandra. He was awarded as the Father of Indian Cinema.

Indian movies include Bollywood, Tollywood and other regional movies and documentaries based on India. Indian Film Industry is largely known as Bollywood. Bollywood is the name for India’s film industry, and it is indeed located in India – in Mumbai to be more exact. Though the name Bollywood is clearly modeled on the word ‘Hollywood’, the Bollywood film industry is much larger than its US counterpart. In fact, the Bollywood film industry is the largest film industry in the entire world.