Mollywood

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UK/ˈmɒ.li.wʊd/US/ˈmɑ.li.wʊd/

proper noun

The Malayalam-speaking film industry in Kerala.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

Mollywood1

proper noun
  1. 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 490
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    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

    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

Mollywood2

proper noun
  1. 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 Screen
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    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

    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

    Rigal-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 Malayalam + Hollywood.

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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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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Mollywood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mollywood

MLA

“Mollywood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mollywood. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mollywood,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mollywood.

Source: Mollywood on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.