MOST FILMS PRODUCED

Iconic still from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge

Poster collage of Hindi films

India produces the highest number of feature films in a year. The number is double that of the Hollywood productions.

India is the largest producer of films in the world and very old film industry in the world which originated around about 103 years ago. In 2009 India produced a total of 2,961 films on celluloid, that includes 1,288 feature films. In 2012, India produced a staggering figure of 1,602 feature films. Indian film industry reached overall revenues of $1.86 billion (INR 93 billion) in 2011. This is projected to rise to $3 billion (INR 150 billion) in 2016. India is the country that produces more films annually and has the largest number of admissions.

Indian film industry is multi-lingual and the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced and 5th largest in terms of revenue. Largest film industry in India is the Hindi film industry mostly concentrated in Mumbai, and is commonly referred to as "Bollywood", an amalgamation of Bombay, which produces around 20% of films in India. The other largest film industries are Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema, Bangla cinema, and Kannada cinema, which are located in Hyderabad, Chennai, Kochi, Kolkata and Bangalore are commonly referred to as "Tollywood"(Telugu), "Kollywood"(Tamil), "Mollywood"(Malayalam), "Tollywood"(Bangla) and "Sandalwood"(Kannada).

Indian cinema is viewed all over the Indian Subcontinent, and is increasingly popular in UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Gulf countries and European countries having large Indian population. Not surprising that Indian cinema found markets in over 90 countries.