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Lollywood is Pakistan's film industry, which has served as the base for both Urdu- and Punjabi-language film production. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

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Lahore has been the center of Pakistani cinema since independence in 1947. However, with Urdu film hub largely shifting to Karachi by 2007, film industry in Lahore became synonymous with Pakistani Punjabi film Industry.[ citation needed ]

The word "Lollywood" is a portmanteau of "Lahore" and "Hollywood", coined in 1989 by Glamour magazine gossip columnist Saleem Nasir, and is usually used comparatively with respect to other film industries in South Asian cinema.

Etymology

"Lollywood" is a portmanteau derived from Lahore and "Hollywood", a shorthand reference for the American film industry, Hollywood.

History

Prior to the 1947 partition of India into the Republic of India and Pakistan, the Lahore film industry was initially part of the British Raj-era cinema of India. The Bombay cinema industry (now known as Hindi cinema or "Bollywood" in modern India) was closely linked to the Lahore film industry, as both produced films in the Hindustani language, also known as Hindi-Urdu, the lingua franca of northern and central British India. [11] Many actors, filmmakers and musicians from the Lahore industry migrated to the Bombay industry during the 1940s, including actors K. L. Saigal, Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand as well as playback singers Mohammed Rafi, Noorjahan and Shamshad Begum. [12] After the 1947 partition and the foundation of Pakistan, the Lahore film industry transitioned to becoming the centre of the new Pakistani cinema.

Films

Lollywood films in Punjabi were most popular in the 1960s and are often referred to as the golden age of Pakistani Punjabi cinema. [13]

Casts and crews

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  5. ↑ "Goonda raj". The Express Tribune. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2022. The real-life characters behind the goonda and gandasa era of Lollywood... The scene is from the 1979 Lollywood film Wehshi Gujjar. On the face of it, to any modern critic of the Punjabi film industry, the story follows the 'tried-and-tested' Punjabi film formula: honour, bharaks (grandiose boasting), machismo and violence.
  6. ↑ "18th death anniversary of Ahmad Rahi observed". The Express Tribune. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Lollywood music special: Pakistani star Sultan Rahi like never before in 'Jasoos'". Scroll.in. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2022. Though from an Urdu-speaking Indian immigrant background, Rahi did most of his acting in Punjabi films. Indeed, the whole genre of so-called gandasa (long-handled axe) movies, which has dominated Punjabi filmdom since the late '70s, is built almost entirely upon the face and voice of Sultan Rahi.
  8. ↑ "Sound of Lollywood: Listen to Noor Jehan letting it rip in Punjabi". Scroll.in. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
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