Most people think that the capital of the movie world is Hollywood in the United States. However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in India. Mumbai used to be k{#blank#}1{#/blank#}as Bombay, so the film industry there is called "Bollywood". Bollywood makes twice as many movies each year as Hollywood- more than 800 films a year.

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    A{#blank#}3{#/blank#}big difference between Bollywood and Hollywood movies is the way movies are made. It takes much longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood. In fact, filming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script(剧本) is even finished. The directors and writers can make up the story while the film is being made. ! Sometimes they will even write the script by hand i{#blank#}4{#/blank#}of taking time to type it.

Bollywood actors are very popular and some are in such high demand(需求) that they may work on several movies at the same time. They may even shoot scenes(到现场实拍) for several films on the same day using the same costumes(服装). Since most Bollywood movies follow the same k{#blank#}5{#/blank#}of story, shooting scenes for several films at the same time is not a big problem for actors and directors. This also helps keep the cost of Bollywood movies I{#blank#}6{#/blank#}than the cost of Hollywood movies. The average Bollywood film, with a budget (预算) of only two million US dollars, seems very c{#blank#}7{#/blank#}compared to the average budget of sixty million US dollars for a Hollywood film一thirty times as much.