Tollywood

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Telugu Cinema (Telugu: తెలుగు సినీపరిశ్రమ), refers to the cinema in Telugu language, sometimes referred as Tollywood, a portmanteau of "Telugu" and "Hollywood".

Tollywood ( Bengali:টলিউড ) refers to the Kolkata (Calcutta) based Bengali film industry in the Republic Of India: see also Dhallywood. The origins of that name, Tollywood a portmanteau of the words Tollygunge and Hollywood are disputed.