Dhallywood

Cinema of Bangladesh
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Dhallywood (Bengali: ঢালিউড) is the informal term popularly used for the Bengali-language film industry based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dhallywood is the largest film Industry in Bangladesh and one of the major centers of film production in South Asia. The word "Dhallywood" is a portmanteau of the words Dhaka and Hollywood.

There are more than 100 production houses in the Bangladeshi film industry, but few have managed to be successful in the market. Such production houses and distribution houses have helped Bangladeshi movies to reach a national and international platform, releasing films and distributing them to audiences overseas. Some well-known production houses in the Bangladeshi cinema include, Impress Telefilm Ltd., Monsoon Films, Jaaz Multimedia, Tiger Media Limited, The Abhi Pictures, Fatman Films and others.