Meanings
Mollywood1
- informalThe 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 4902 more examples
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 70India 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
Mollywood2
- informalThe 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 Screen3 more examples
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 75Mollywood 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 74Rigal-Cellard's comments about 'Mormon culture' demonstrate that, more than a mere religion, Mormonism indeed appears like a culture, a way of life encompassing all aspects of daily life. American Mormons have their own music (the Church-sponsored traditional Mormon Tabernacle Choir or non-Church sponsored Mormon boy band 'Evercleen'), are encouraged to dress 'modestly', and there is even a Mormon cinema ('Mollywood').
2013, Nadia Marzouki, Olivier Roy, Religious Conversions in the Mediterranean World, →ISBN
Origin
Mollywood · proper noun
Blend of Molly + Hollywood, from Molly Mormon, a term for a stereotypical female member of the LDS Church.
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Mollywood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mollywood
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