Indian fans correct Jane Fonda after she calls ‘RRR’ a “Bollywood” film

Hollywood icon Jane Fonda took to her Instagram account to praise SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’. The movie has had a fantastic run in Hollywood, winning the Golden Globe and Critics Choice awards. Joining a slew of stars praising the movie multiple Academy award-winning actor Jane Fonda said she was “transfixed” by it.
Taking to Instagram, Jane shared the official poster of the film. She wrote, "On the complete opposite extreme of the last film I recommended, To Leslie, here’s another new one that took me by surprise: RRR, an Indian movie that’s shortlisted in the Best Foreign Film category. It’s a combination of Indiana Jones, a serious film about imperialism and Bollywood. I was transfixed.”
However, eagle-eyed Indian fans quickly corrected the actor and commented on her post that the film was not a Bollywood product. "Its Tollywood... but we can stick to Indian," said one fan. Whereas another said, "Not Bollywood, though. Bollywood refers to Hindi language movies." Another one wrote, "This is not a Bollywood movie it is a Tollywood movie from Telugu film field in India. Now this is called Indian cinema!" A fan even wrote a long note explaining the difference, "It's not bollywood... its TOLLYWOOD... As many of the foreign countries thinking Indian cinema means bollywood... There are many industries within country where u can also see Diversity in Indian cinema... Tollywood - Telugu, Kollywood - Tamil , Mollywood - Malayalam, Sandalwood - Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Odiya, Bhojpuri, Punjabi... and other small film industries... where we make movies in our respective languages... So we are urging you not to consider Indian film as not only bollywood…."
Other fans also noted that Jane had said in the post that ‘RRR’ was shortlisted in the Best Foreign Film category, which is incorrect. The submission from India was ‘The Last Film Show’. One user wrote, "It’s sad but it is not shortlisted for foreign language film India submitted another film. It eligible for Best film though and it is one of the best of the year." Nevertheless, fans were happy that so many actors and stars from the West were championing the film, where one fan commented: "I am impressed to see non-Indians using their platform to recommend and/or promote Indian productions. There are a lot of misconceptions about that industry. Thank you, Jane." Another comment read: "Because of u guys are sharing the movie to others.. RRR getting more recognition Thank You.”