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Mollywood

Syllables: Mol·ly·woodUK/ˈmɒ.li.wʊd/US/ˈmɑ.li.wʊd/

Mollywood proper noun: the Malayalam-speaking film industry in Kerala.

Proper noun (1)

Mollywood

  1. (informal) The Malayalam-speaking film industry in Kerala.
    • In defence it may be argued that Tamil cinema styles itself Mollywood anyway (Madras + Hollywood), but here again the city's name has also been changed to Chennai.2008, James Donald, Michael Renov, The SAGE Handbook of Film Studies, →ISBN, page 490
    • Having honed their craft in Mollywood, they have been lured to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh where the moolah is a lot more attractive and the audience base a whole lot bigger.2008 December, Pushpa Iyengar, “Kochi to Kodamb”, in Outlook, volume 48, number 51, page 70

Proper noun (2)

Mollywood

  1. (informal) The Mormon film industry.
    • Faller has said that he sees this version of Pride and Prejudice as an example of a Mollywood film or, in other words, a "Mormon chick flick";2010, Juliette Wells, “Jane Austen in Mollywood”, in Peculiar Portrayals: Mormons on the Page, Stage, and Screen
    • The comedies that came out of Mollywood in the 2000s can be almost excluseively associated with HaleStorm Entertainment, based in Provo, Utah.2012, E McIntyre, Knock Knocking on Heaven's Door: Humour and Religion in Mormon Comedy, page 75

Examples of Mollywood in a sentence

  • India is home to numerous regionally identified film centres — including Tollywood (Telegu Cinema) and Mollywood (Malayalam Cinema) — which interact with each other at several levels.2013, Mark Thornton Burnett, Shakespeare and World Cinema, →ISBN, page 55:
  • Mollywood is not an official Church institution, although the Church has been using film as a tool for religious education since the early twentieth century.2012, Elisha McIntyre, Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production, →ISBN, page 74:

Origin of Mollywood

Blend of Malayalam + Hollywood.

Blend of Molly + Hollywood, from Molly Mormon, a term for a stereotypical female member of the LDS Church.

Words that rhyme with Mollywood

Questions about Mollywood

What does Mollywood mean?
Mollywood means the Malayalam-speaking film industry in Kerala.
How do you use Mollywood in a sentence?
India is home to numerous regionally identified film centres — including Tollywood (Telegu Cinema) and Mollywood (Malayalam Cinema) — which interact with each other at several levels.
What part of speech is Mollywood?
Mollywood is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mollywood?
Mollywood is pronounced /ˈmɒ.li.wʊd/ (UK).

Words near Mollywood in the dictionary

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  2. mollymawk
  3. mollymawks
  4. mollynogging
  5. mollys
  6. Mollywood
  7. Molnar
  8. Molniya
  9. Molniya orbit
  10. Molniya orbits
  11. Molniyas

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