How to Use Bollywood in a Sentence

Bollywood

noun

• 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
• So, there are tons of options for your next Bollywood movie night!
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 22 Feb. 2023
• Who wouldn’t want to be Bollywood Bond or the Maharaja of Mischief?
  — Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Old friends, new robots and a touch of Bollywood will be in the center ring at the 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival.
  — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2024
• His sister, Zoya Akhtar, directed the movie, which was among the highest-grossing Bollywood films that year.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 July 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
• 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
• For inspiration, the pair looked to Purple Rain and Bollywood for the ways that music can live at the heart of narrative storytelling.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2024
• Why are Indians falling out of love with Bollywood films?
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 16 May 2023
• The musician and Bollywood star have made time and shown support for one another throughout the Jonas Brothers’ tour, which kicked off in August.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
• 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
• Haria pointed out that the soft glamour of the ‘50s in Bollywood is everywhere to be seen, from makeup counters to the Kardashians on Instagram.
  — Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 31 July 2024
• The film went on to make nearly $45 million at box offices worldwide, according to the Bollywood Hungama website.
  — Vineeta Deepak, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
• Her parents were—and still are—musicians in a Bay Area Bollywood cover band called Geetanjali.
  — Parizaad Khan Sethi, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2023
• This Bollywood movie follows a famous action film star who gets swept up in an accidental death.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 23 June 2023
• My Hindi is even improving along with my Indian cooking skills, but my Bollywood dance moves are still boxy, much to his amusement.
  — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• The filmmaker is one of the pioneers of setting Bollywood films in small town India, away from overused Mumbai locations.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 June 2023
• Hollywood and Bollywood are among the most influential film industries in the world.
  — Ro Khanna, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
• Priyanka Chopra Jonas recently opened up about her decision to leave Bollywood and start fresh in Hollywood.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Kill isn’t traditional Bollywood, shorter at an hour forty five minutes and without song and dance numbers in between the action.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 July 2024
• Having worked on Bollywood films, Vandanapu says the musical aspect of the remake was one of the most enticing elements about it.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2024
• The new spot channels a Mumbai subculture popularized by Bollywood in the mid-90s.
  — Anna Spiegel, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024
• Indian actor Anil Kapoor is one of the most energetic, charismatic and talented Bollywood stars in the country who has been around for four decades now.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• India may be known for the glitz and splash of Bollywood, but alternate cinema in the country has a long and decorated history going back decades.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 23 July 2024

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024