Istilah "Bollywood" wayah-wayah diudakan secara tiwas marujuk lawan seberataan film India, nang sebujurnya bisi rahat pusat industri film, cuntunya film basa Tamil basisnya di Kodambakkam, di kawasan Chennai nang dipinandu lawan julukan "Kollywood," film bebasa Telugu basisnya di Hyderabad, dijuluki "Tollywood."