Indian film industry is more creative than
Hollywood. “India turns out about 1,000 films
in 12 languages each year. No Indian film has
ever won an Oscar, although Mother India and
Lagaan have been nominated.
May, 23, 2006: "Rang de Basanti,"
a film about a young British woman who inspires
a group of Indian friends to shed their apathy
and take pride in their country's heritage,
has raked in $24 million at the box office since
it was released in the winter.Perhaps more surprisingly,
$9 million of the total has come from outside
India
In 2004, 3.8 billion people
watched Bollywood films (0.6 billion more
than Hollywood films), Bollywood only earned
0.2 per cent of the revenue as ticket prices
were lower here
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