Examples of Bollywood in a Sentence
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For Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s recent pre-wedding celebration in Jamnagar, India, Rihanna took the stage, as well as the Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan.
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Stephanie Cain, New York Times, 1 June 2024
Its walls pop with Pakistani street posters, and Bollywood music blasts from the speakers.
—Stephanie Burt, Saveur, 8 May 2024
All of these posters behind me [points] are from this one guy in Hauz Khas Village who sells vintage Bollywood posters, vintage ads for Parle G biscuits and Air India.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 May 2024
When dreaming up the stunts in their various films, Leitch and his executive producer and wife Kelly McCormick keep a TV running in the background of their brainstorming meetings that plays everything from Buster Keaton's leaps to Bollywood battle scenes.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 May 2024
But since elections began April 19, there’s been a surge of viral videos harnessing the likenesses of politicians and Bollywood celebrities, seemingly to sway voters ahead of a constituency’s polling period.
—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
The Hindi-language Bollywood may be India’s most visible film industry globally and the term is often used internationally as shorthand for the country’s other film industries, much to their chagrin.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
In India, deepfakes have targeted major Bollywood actresses including Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Alia Bhatt, and Rashmika Mandann.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
Recommended The new releases reflect a broader shift in Indian cinema over the past decade, one that some critics say has transformed Bollywood into an extension of the prime minister’s PR machine.
—Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024
Stephanie Cain, New York Times, 1 June 2024
Its walls pop with Pakistani street posters, and Bollywood music blasts from the speakers.
—Stephanie Burt, Saveur, 8 May 2024
All of these posters behind me [points] are from this one guy in Hauz Khas Village who sells vintage Bollywood posters, vintage ads for Parle G biscuits and Air India.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 May 2024
When dreaming up the stunts in their various films, Leitch and his executive producer and wife Kelly McCormick keep a TV running in the background of their brainstorming meetings that plays everything from Buster Keaton's leaps to Bollywood battle scenes.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 May 2024
But since elections began April 19, there’s been a surge of viral videos harnessing the likenesses of politicians and Bollywood celebrities, seemingly to sway voters ahead of a constituency’s polling period.
—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
The Hindi-language Bollywood may be India’s most visible film industry globally and the term is often used internationally as shorthand for the country’s other film industries, much to their chagrin.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
In India, deepfakes have targeted major Bollywood actresses including Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Alia Bhatt, and Rashmika Mandann.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
Recommended The new releases reflect a broader shift in Indian cinema over the past decade, one that some critics say has transformed Bollywood into an extension of the prime minister’s PR machine.
—Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Bollywood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bollywood. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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