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Lollywood

Punjabi and Urdu cinema industry in Pakistan

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the Urdu, Pashto, and Punjabi film industry

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Lollywood is Pakistan's film industry, which has served as the base for both Urdu- and Punjabi-language film production.

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

According to several media sources, 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.

Films

Main article: Lists of Pakistani films, List of highest-grossing Pakistani films, List of Urdu-language films, List of Pakistani Punjabi-language films

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

Casts and crews

References

Bibliography

South Asian Media Cultures: Audiences, Representations, Contexts. United Kingdom, Anthem Press, 2011.

References

(26 December 2018). "Have Urdu films taken over Lollywood? Insiders weigh in". The Express Tribune.
(15 January 2019). "Severed limbs and rivers of blood: The film that inspired Fawad Khan's 'The Legend of Maula Jatt'". Scroll.in.
(8 March 2021). "Ejaz Durrani — Lollywood's favourite Ranjha". Dawn.
(26 May 2020). "The Last of Pakistan's Cinema Artists". Vice.
(25 November 2012). "Goonda raj". The Express Tribune.
(3 September 2020). "18th death anniversary of Ahmad Rahi observed". The Express Tribune.
(6 May 2017). "Lollywood music special: Pakistani star Sultan Rahi like never before in 'Jasoos'". Scroll.in.
(22 July 2017). "Sound of Lollywood: Listen to Noor Jehan letting it rip in Punjabi". Scroll.in.
(14 December 2013). "Bilal Lashari's next project: A multi-million dollar remake of Maula Jatt". The Express Tribune.
(30 December 2016). "If you thought Lollywood was booming, let 2016 remind you why it's not".
DailyTimes.pk. (2019-10-29). "Cinema of Pakistan — 72 years on and beyond".
Aslam, Irfan. (2021-10-03). "Khoj Garh -- a corpus of Punjabi film posters, books".
Rizwan, Sheharyar. (2021-08-30). "Evernew Studios — a picture of film industry's decline".
(26 December 2015). "Punjabi cinema languishing in hometown".
(21 February 2017). "Of guns and ghandasas: The downfall of Punjabi cinema".
(2016). "Migrants, Refugees and the Stateless in South Asia". [[SAGE Publications]].
Awan, M. Saeed. (6 July 2014). "Cinemascope: Pulling the plug on Punjabi films".

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