Telugu-language Tollywood takes on India’s cinematic powerhouse in Mumbai

Bollywood’s musicals and action-packed films have long been India’s major entertainment export. That is fast changing, and the driving force is a parallel film industry that has taken the world by storm: It’s called Tollywood.

The Telugu-language film industry, widely known as Tollywood, is one of India’s many regional movie-producing centers. But it’s drawn national and global audiences with its high-adrenaline action movies,…