Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee and Puneet Issar are all coming to N.C. State — on the silver screen, that is. Yes, Bollywood is coming to NCSU.

The name Bollywood comes from the fusion of the one and only Hollywood and India’s most well-known city, Bombay.

Bollywood is the Hindi language film industry in India, a successful industry that is enjoyed by Indians and non-Indians alike.

“I’m excited about the Bollywood night,” Angela Keeley, a freshman in First Year College, said. “I’ve seen one of its movies before, and I liked it.”

Keeley is not alone in her excitement. Sagar Sharpariya, a sophomore in business management, is also eager to view the film.

“It’s always great to enjoy a new culture and your own culture,” said Sharpariya. “It makes me feel at home for a little while.”

NCSU is having its third Bollywood Film Festival this year in Stewart Theatre tonight at 7 p.m. The Film Festival is a series of movies, tonight’s showing of Bunty Aur Babli is the last in the series.

This is a fairly new movie and, according to John Caldwell, the outreach director for the Center of South Asia Studies, the movie was big in India, setting fashion trends and the song Kajra Re as a huge hit.

“The costumes in [Bunty Aur Babli] set off a whole new fashion,” Caldwell said.

Afroz Jar, a professor of foreign languages and literature, helped put together the Bollywood Film Festival that coincides with “More Than a Wrap” program that the Gallery of Art and Design is running.

“There’s not a single ‘sari’ in this movie,” Taj joked.

Bollywood is gaining popularity in the U.S. The movies are popping up at local theaters, including at Galaxy cinemas in Cary.

“We have Galaxy Theater, and it shows a new film each week,” Caldwell said.

Taj and Caldwell urge all students to come out and check out the cultural and entertaining experience.