Why does Punjabi culture dominate in Bollywood?

Bollywood films show more of Punjabi culture than any other Indian culture. Every second film is based in Punjab as if Punjab is the only region of India. They occasionally show Gujrati, Bengali cultures. Punjab region is mostly in Pakistan and Bengal region is mostly in Bangladesh but despite having only 3 to 4% Punjabis in India they show 80% films set in Punjab. Esp. 90% films of Yash Raj Films and Dharma Productions are about Punjabi families. Even majority of actors in Bollywood are from Punjab. Is it because Punjabis are fairer than rest of Indians? 😕

a large part of Punjab is still in India and same for Bengal... And obviously since KJo, YRF etc are Punjabis so they show Punjabi families... a lot of movies are also shot in Delhi these days, so Punjabi community is the most prevelant here...

because acting runs in their(Kapoor's) blood & genes😆

Kyonki Punjabiyan di battery charge rehndi hai !! 😆

being punjabi myself, i never really thought about it before but one thing is that the punjabi language is fairly similar to hindi whereas other languages such as marathi, gujurati, or tamil for example are completely different so punjabi words can be easily incorporated into songs and such. and as sad as it is, the fairer skin could be a reason. also yash raj films and karan johar are all punjabi so that comes into play. also i feel like punjabi culture is perceived to be very colorful, joyful, green lush fields therefore a good setting for rom-coms and such. these could be a few reasons

Originally posted by: -Sneha25-

Kyonki Punjabiyan di battery charge rehndi hai !! 😆

@Hasini, Too good. 😆

Cos BW is filled with Punjabis and Bengalis. Punjabi actors are good-looking in general, Bengali actresses are really beautiful.

Originally posted by: hasini009

Originally posted by: .ProperPatola.

Meri Kheru bhi Punjabi hai😆