Urdu in Bollywood has all Urdu songs and Urdu Lyrics in Bollywood Movies of 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s.

Famous Indian Urdu writers in Bollywood were Jan Nisar Akhtar (father of Javed Akhtar), Sahir Ludhianvi, Kaifi Azmi (father of Shabana Azmi), and Shakeel Badayuni. Sahir Ludhianvi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Gulzar and Anand Bakshi. There are writers who use simple urdu words in movie songs by Sameer and Irshad Kamil.