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Another name Hindavī (हिन्दवी) or Hinduī (हिन्दुई) (from Persian: هندوی "of or belonging to the Hindu/Indian people") was often used in the past, for example by Amir Khusrow in his poetry. The terms "Hindi" and "Hindu" trace back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name Sindhu (सिन्धु ), referring to the river Indus.

Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is the Indian Hindi -language film industry based in Mumbai (formerly Bombay). The popular term Bollywood, used to refer to mainstream Hindi cinema, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" and "Hollywood".

This is a list of films produced by Bollywood film industry of Mumbai ordered by year and decade of release. Although "Bollywood" films are generally listed under the Hindi language, most are in Hindustani and many in Urdu as well as Hindi, with partial Bhojpuri, Punjabi and occasionally other languages.

Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Durga Khote, Ajit, Jalal Agha. Historical Costume Romance. Music: Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The film also won three Filmfare Awards: Best Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Dialogue.

Bengali ( / bɛnˈɡɔːli / ben-GAW-lee ), also known by its endonym Bangla ( বাংলা, Bengali pronunciation: [ˈbaŋla] ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India.