Identifying Dawood Ibrahim as the 'godfather' of India's organised crime, an influential US lawmaker has said the underworld don's D-company, which also supports Al-Qaeda, is heavily involved in Bollywood and linked to piracy in a big way.

"If you think about it, the godfather of godfathers, as he's called, of Indian organised crime, Dawood Ibrahim, is linked to piracy in a big way," Congressman Ed Royce said during a field hearing on piracy organised by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in Los Angles.