How to Use Bollywood in a Sentence

Bollywood

noun
  • So, there are tons of options for your next Bollywood movie night!
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 2023-02-22
  • After a low phase than spanned over two years, Bollywood is clearly bouncing back on its feet this year.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 2023-11-30
  • 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, 2024-09-22
  • Its walls pop with Pakistani street posters, and Bollywood music blasts from the speakers.
    — Stephanie Burt, Saveur, 2024-05-08
  • Her love for dance came from her mother, who ran Bollywood dance and Bharatanatyam classes from her home growing up.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 2024-06-27
  • Why are Indians falling out of love with Bollywood films?
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 2023-05-16
  • India now has openly gay celebrities and some high-profile Bollywood films have dealt with gay issues.
    — Krutika Pathi, The Christian Science Monitor, 2023-10-17
  • 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, 2023-06-09
  • Below, here are ten Hindi movies to kickstart your Bollywood journey.
    — Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 2024-11-19
  • And that just doesn’t happen in India or Bollywood as progressive as it’s gotten.
    — Reneysh Vittal, Them., 2025-04-04
  • Festival-goers also danced in front of a DJ booth, which played Bollywood beats.
    — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2025-03-09
  • Who wouldn’t want to be Bollywood Bond or the Maharaja of Mischief?
    — Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 2024-09-14
  • The trio known as the Three Khans have dominated Bollywood for 30 years.
    — Thomas Page, CNN, 2024-12-15
  • One time, as the curtains opened with a blast of music, Nayar tried breaking into a Bollywood dance routine.
    — Michael Morris, Fortune, 2024-09-30
  • 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, 2024-01-19
  • 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, 2023-07-19
  • 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, 2025-06-18
  • 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, 2024-01-09
  • Others are anonymous warriors in a campaign to label the Muslim film stars of Bollywood as terrorists.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2025-01-02
  • 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, 2024-03-07
  • Her parents were—and still are—musicians in a Bay Area Bollywood cover band called Geetanjali.
    — Parizaad Khan Sethi, Vogue, 2023-11-07
  • 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, 2025-05-08
  • 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, 2024-03-27
  • 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, 2024-07-31
  • Known for her work in film with the biggest Bollywood celebrities, Adajania is increasingly working with brides and wedding parties to style their entire wedding looks across multiple days.
    — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • To, Harry Belafonte, Mario Adorf, Jane Birkin, Costa-Gavras, Tsai Ming-liang and, last year, Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Headlined by Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan and Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Junior aka NTR Jr, the film managed a global opening of $10 million.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • His rattan chairs have seated famed Indian celebrities like members of India’s billionaire Ambani family and Bollywood stars, as well as American bigwigs like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who visited the restaurant last year.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The cast includes Arjun Bijlani, Dhanashree Verma, Kubbra Sait, and Kiku Sharda from diverse backgrounds spanning Bollywood, music, politics, entrepreneurship, and social media.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The Ba***ds of Bollywood marks Netflix’s sixth collaboration with Red Chillies Entertainment, after previous collaborations like After Bard of Blood, Darlings, Bhakshak, Betaal, and Class of ‘83.
    — Sara Merican, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025

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