5. Mumbai (Bombay)

Population: 22,200,000
Country: India

Mumbai, earlier known as Bombay, is the largest city in India and the capital of Maharashtra state. Mumbai is different from the rest of India in pretty much the same way that New York is different from the United States. The pace of life is more hurried time is money and money is important. The idea that in this city one can always make a living one way or another is pervasive. Mumbai is one of India's largest port cities and looms large as the commercial capital of India. Its nature as the most eclectic and cosmopolitan Indian city is symbolised in the presence of Bollywood within the city, the centre of the globally-influential Hindi film and TV industries