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Kollywood
 n.— «Now, Kollywood (the Tamil film industry as it is known) has decided to take things into their own hands.» —“Tamil actors turn detective” by Durga Nandini, Dhanya Rajendran Now.tv (Mumbai, India) Mar. 4, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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