Bollywood and Beyond
The biggest film industry in the world isn't the one we write about here week in, week out. For eighty years, Indian cinema has dominated its own domestic market - it currently attracts a billion ticket buyers every three months, 95 percent of the local audience. On top of that, Indian films are at least as popular as Hollywood pictures across wide swathes of North Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. With demand like that, it's not surprising that in a typical year, the subcontinent...
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