South Asian cinema

South Asian cinema refers to the cinema of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

[2] Cinema is prominent in South Asia, with the Bollywood (representing the most-spoken language in the region of Hindi) and South Indian film industries being the most dominant.

[4][5] Pakistan's Lollywood also is growing,[6] while historically, Bengali cinema was highly acclaimed by international film circles.

[7][8] The scope of South Asian cinema is huge and takes in a wide array of different film styles, linguistic regions, and genres.

India contains many state languages which have film industries centered on them.

The Far East as a cultural block includes East Asia (green), South Asia (orange), and Southeast Asia (blue).