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The city of Mumbai is home to one of the largest movie making industry in the world. The city's association with glamour has made it a wonderful place. A typical Indian pot-boiler is a combination of song, dance, romance, melodrama and a little bit of violence. Beautiful actresses and handsome actors are a craze among the multitudinous fans.
Bollywood also produces serious cinemas popularly called parallel cinema. These films are very much different from the pot-boilers and deal with relevant socio-political and economic issues. These type of movies too are a craze among the masses. Mumbai is the Los Angeles of India. People come here to watch their favorite stars. You never know when you find that your silver screen icon is in the mall where you are shopping.
Indian movies stars have iconic status. They enjoy a country wide fan following and you will find people staring at their palatial bungalows to have a glimpse of them.
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