How to Use Bollywood in a Sentence

Bollywood

noun

• So, there are tons of options for your next Bollywood movie night!
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 22 Feb. 2023
• Bollywood star Aamir Khan has a guest appearance in the film.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• After a low phase than spanned over two years, Bollywood is clearly bouncing back on its feet this year.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Kneeling up on their seats, a troop of school girls clapped as a popular Bollywood song played out from a phone.
  — Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2024
• Its walls pop with Pakistani street posters, and Bollywood music blasts from the speakers.
  — Stephanie Burt, Saveur, 8 May 2024
• Her love for dance came from her mother, who ran Bollywood dance and Bharatanatyam classes from her home growing up.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2024
• India now has openly gay celebrities and some high-profile Bollywood films have dealt with gay issues.
  — Krutika Pathi, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2023
• Being married to a Bollywood star only added to the celebrity and aura.
  — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
• This Bollywood movie follows a famous action film star who gets swept up in an accidental death.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 23 June 2023
• Either way, trust by the end of the summer that the slinky Bollywood violin hook from this song will have worked its way into your ears for life.
  — Sam Smith Calls, Vulture, 9 June 2023
• Below, here are ten Hindi movies to kickstart your Bollywood journey.
  — Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
• And that just doesn’t happen in India or Bollywood as progressive as it’s gotten.
  — Reneysh Vittal, Them., 4 Apr. 2025
• Festival-goers also danced in front of a DJ booth, which played Bollywood beats.
  — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
• Who wouldn’t want to be Bollywood Bond or the Maharaja of Mischief?
  — Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2024
• Ba***ds is witty, bold, and unlike anything audiences have seen before — a true roast-and-toast to Bollywood.
  — Sara Merican, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
• The trio known as the Three Khans have dominated Bollywood for 30 years.
  — Thomas Page, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
• One time, as the curtains opened with a blast of music, Nayar tried breaking into a Bollywood dance routine.
  — Michael Morris, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
• The film featured Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan in a pivotal role as the ice candy man.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
• The restaurant opened its rooftop area in April, hosting day parties, brunches, open mics and Bollywood and Latin nights.
  — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• The photo showed the Bollywood star smiling with red lipstick and tousled hair while holding one of Kevin’s two daughters on her lap.
  — Jill Lupupa, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
• On one side of our table, locals slurped noodles; on the other, teenagers filed into a cinema to see the latest Bollywood flick.
  — Pete McKenzie, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
• His sister, Zoya Akhtar, directed the movie, which was among the highest-grossing Bollywood films that year.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 July 2024
• Among them was Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, known for playing the lead in movies with a patriotic theme.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
• As the new year begins, industry players have set their plans and strategies for Bollywood 2025.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
• The crowd went into a tizzy when Bollywood veteran Karan Johar wrapped up the show in a dapper black ensemble.
  — Footwear News, 24 June 2025
• Mumbai, meanwhile, dreams in glittering Bollywood hues—where street vendors serve vada pav beneath neon billboards.
  — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• Her parents were—and still are—musicians in a Bay Area Bollywood cover band called Geetanjali.
  — Parizaad Khan Sethi, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2023
• On the other hand, the Bollywood spy thriller War 2 remained slow at the ticket windows and grossed nearly $40 million.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• Shah Rukh Khan, 59, is a Bollywood megastar who has acted in over 80 films in a career that has spanned almost three decades.
  — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 8 May 2025
• Bollywood star John Abraham is betting big on geopolitical storytelling again.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025