How did Bombay emerge and maintain its position as the pre-eminent media capital in India? Focusing on the film industry in particular, scholars have identified a number of key factors:the city's position as a center of trade and commerce, and the influx, through the deacades, of mercantile capital into filmmaking: its status as a vibrant cultural center, with established theater movements initially providing the film industry with a range of creative personnel;the use of Hindi which accorded the Bombay-based film industry(located in a multi-lingual city and in a state where the official language is Marathi)"national" status whereas film industries in cities like Madras and Hyderabad were ascribed "regional"status; and the impact of India'a partition on other centers of film production, most notably Calcutta and Lahor, and the migration of a number of producers, directors, actors and technicians to Bombay during this period.