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`Bollywood' is now official

LONDON: With a meteoric rise in interest in Indian fashion, food and films in the West, Bollywood has become an oft-used word, so much so that it has been christened as an English word and included in the new edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Bollywood has seemingly danced its way along with words such as A-list and Academy Awards into the OED. Many stars, including Amitabh Bachchan and Shabana Azmi, have objected to the term `Bollywood' while referring to Indian films but now it seems the word is here to stay. (Picture shows people standing under the billboard of a Bollywood movie)

— UNI

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