List of Indian film directors
Yash Chopra (Hindi)
Satyajit Ray (Bengali)
S. S. Rajamouli (Telugu)
Mani Ratnam (Tamil)
Fazil (Malayalam)
V. Shantaram (Marathi)
India has many regional film centres, such as Bollywood (Hindi) in Mumbai, Telugu cinema (Tollywood) in Hyderabad, Marathi cinema in Pune, Tamil cinema in Chennai, Malayalam cinema in Kerala, Kannada cinema in Bangalore, Odia Cinema in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, Assamese cinema in Guwahati, Punjabi cinema in Mohali, Gujarati cinema (Dhollywood) in Gujarat and Bengali cinema (Tollywood) in Kolkata. Most film directors are known for their work with one regional industry, while many others are active directors of films from multiple industries.