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09 May, 2017

An epic battle movie from one of India’s lesser-known film industries has trumped Bollywood by becoming the country’s highest-grossing film to date, an industry analyst said on Monday.

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, the final instalment of a two-part fantasy adventure, has made more than Rs 10 billion ($156 million) worldwide since hitting screens on April 28, according to experts.

“Baahubali 2 has crossed Rs 1,000 crore (ten billion) in worldwide gross collections, outdoing Aamir Khan’s PK which was previously the number one Indian film worldwide,” says Indian film trade analyst Ramesh Bala.

The south Indian movie, which is laden with special effects, has surpassed 2014 Bollywood blockbuster PK, which made around $120 million, as India’s biggest-grossing movie yet.

Baahubali 2 has crossed Rs 1,000 crore (ten billion) in worldwide gross collections, outdoing Aamir Khan’s PK which was previously the number one Indian film worldwide,” said Indian film trade analyst Ramesh Bala.

Bollywoodhungama.com, which tracks India’s movie industry, also reported that Baahubali 2 had become the highest grossing Indian film worldwide in history.

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Baahubali, meaning ‘The One With Strong Arms’, tells the story of two warring brothers battling for control of a fictional Indian kingdom and its elaborate scenes has seen it compared to hit American movie 300.

The SS Rajamouli-directed film features elaborate fight sequences and computer graphics including rampaging elephants and a bull stampede.

It was shot in the Telugu and Tamil languages of southern India -- whose film industries, known as Tollywood and Kollywood respectively -- are often overshadowed by Hindi-speaking Bollywood.

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The movie was dubbed into Hindi and other regional Indian languages and has sparked a wave of Baahubali mania across the country as fans flock to cinemas to find out how the series ends after the first film finished in a cliffhanger.

Baahubali: The Beginning made around $100m in worldwide ticket sales when it was released in 2015, according to industry estimates.

The combined cost of making the two movies was about $70 million, according to estimates, well below the budgets for major Hollywood films.

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amarendra May 09, 2017 11:56am
Till 8 th of May it has crossed $ 190 million ( Rs 1227 cr ) & expected to make another $ 50-60 million .
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Niran May 09, 2017 11:56am
Great going Baahubali 1 & 2... awesome movie, a MUST SEE...
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Ravi May 09, 2017 12:02pm
Far superior movie. Powerful Characters , graphics out of this world and second part is more engaging in terms of storyline. Rajmouli's direction is touch of gold.
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zafar May 09, 2017 12:12pm
Just getting started.
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Rama Krishna May 09, 2017 12:16pm
Its all bacause of Baahubali 1(Baahubali: The Beginning ). Baahubali 1 is an Extraordinary film. Indian audience mesmerized by its grandeur, beauty, VFX, Stunts etc.
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Rama Krishna May 09, 2017 12:18pm
Watch Baahubali 1: The Beginning on youtube (with great sound system or headset). It is available under Rs 100 (INR). You will LOVE IT. You will not regret paying the money
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Rama Krishna May 09, 2017 12:19pm
Its Tollywood (Telugu) movie
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Anandamoy Das May 09, 2017 12:25pm
Over rated movie.
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VISHRUT May 09, 2017 12:40pm
It's 1000 crore in INR, in PKR it would be ~1700 crore.
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Deepu May 09, 2017 12:52pm
its released in Pakistan...sure you are loving it. Your contribution will also add to its record collections !
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gaurav May 09, 2017 01:02pm
crossed 1300 crore in less than 15 days...it is going to be released in china and japan later this year..
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Raza May 09, 2017 01:16pm
Awesome. South Indians are way talented and creative.
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Aman May 09, 2017 01:26pm
Dangal crossed 100 crore in china it will beat bb2 soon
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Aman May 09, 2017 01:27pm
Dangal beat bb2 soon, it grossed 100 cr in china
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Chandra May 09, 2017 01:34pm
Wonderfull movie
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Pune-India May 09, 2017 01:41pm
Great this movie is proved....... if any movie released in North and South region of India, then it can do business upto 1000 crore INR (1600 PKR).
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Reddy May 09, 2017 01:42pm
lesser known ?...every salman film ever made came from that lesser known industry....wanted to ready,ya,salman khan smuggled them out of telugu film industry ...telugu films still outperform bollywood films in US....bollywood super stars won't even get a proper theater in tamil nadu,telugu states if there is a major star film there ...in fact it's south films actually started first 100cr club ,200cr club to start with ..which aamir khan peddles as his invention
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Aamir May 09, 2017 01:44pm
Of course ...must watch. But baahubali 1 seems more entertaining.
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Pune-India May 09, 2017 01:45pm
some people comparing this movie collections with Hollywood. But Indian movies still need to do more improvement to touch Hollywood collection.
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Pune-India May 09, 2017 01:49pm
Bahubali was the regional film made in Telugu. Apart from Bollywood, India also have other language film industries too. e.g. Tamil, Kannad, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Uria, Bengali, Kokani, Manipuri, Assami, Bhojpuri and Punjabi film Industries.
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SATT May 09, 2017 01:52pm
The world only tastes pinch of salt from this huge Thali of Indian movies.The best of the movies are from Marathi,Bengali,Telugu,Malayalam ,Tamil,Punjabi even Gujrati movies are high quality movies these days.
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Nasser May 09, 2017 01:56pm
South Indian movies are far superior to those of Bollywood - not that it says much! They tend to have proper stories, very little superficial acting, much less use of English, and mostly filmed within (South) India, and definitely far more entertaining. This comes from a superior and more educated background of the Southern states.
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venki May 09, 2017 01:57pm
South India is always special. So peaceful , calm going people. They always preserv their culture and traditon irrespective of religion and cast, at the same time giving utmost importance to Education. CEO of Microsfot , Google ( Alphabet) are from South India only. Less Business, more education.
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Dunch May 09, 2017 02:06pm
Yalgaar will beat Bahubali 1 & Bahubali 2 in 1 week............Mark my words........Special effects are better than any hollywood movie.....including 300................Go Shaan......Go Sahir Lodhi........Go Hamza..
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Devendra Kumar May 09, 2017 02:14pm
$150 million overall profit for the two films so far, great. !!!
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ALIEN1 May 09, 2017 02:26pm
Bahubali is the pride of indian cinema.
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wiserneighbour May 09, 2017 02:34pm
It's an epic movie.Better than kiddish batman,superman,Spiderman and whatnot man series of Hollywood.It got an interesting story line,great visuals, technically brilliant,and extraordinary performances by main actors.Good CGI which is 100% Indian generated.Better than Troy and 300. Watch it in big screen when you get a chance.
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Arjun PAndey India May 09, 2017 02:58pm
Bahubali has raised the standards of Indian Cinema, Rajamouli Sir India needs director like you & not that "Ae dil hai muskil" type crap
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amir May 09, 2017 03:03pm
waar movie is ten times more entertaining than this movie.
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Batanee May 09, 2017 03:57pm
Lion share of good work lies with the actors Prabhas & Rana.. Prabhas is every inch fabulous as the dual roles, shifting smoothly between his two parts. Great to see an actor like Prabhas stick to a Film like Baahubali for 4-5 years. with a previous successful record films ..
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amarendra May 09, 2017 05:02pm
@Aman BB2 is yet to open its account in China & Japan also.
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B.patel May 09, 2017 05:11pm
Bahubali is great and has started a new trend in visuals, acting. Movies like, Dangal, Bajrangi Bhaijan, Sultan produced in last few years are also very good. They all have background scenes from India . People are tired of Karan Johar movies shot in Europe etc.
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Asheesh May 09, 2017 05:15pm
@Nasser we know what are you doing here :-)
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skumar May 09, 2017 05:42pm
baahubali is an astounding movie and a trend setter. In South movies it is the director who calls the shots and rajamouli a great story teller . Both bollywood and kollywood,tollywood all learn much from each other and stars are found across in all three industries and in many remakes. Its a win win situations for them rather than comparing between them . All three have their plus and minus .
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cross border terror May 09, 2017 08:54pm
Its 1200 crore INR means ~2000crore Pak Rupee
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Harthik May 09, 2017 11:27pm
@Dunch are you serious ??
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Indian May 09, 2017 11:58pm
@Dunch .. good sense of humour
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INDIAN LOVE May 10, 2017 12:42am
Wonderful movie. It provided lots of job to Indian youth & tax to government . Hope in coming years Indian Bollywood to produce such 3 to 5 movies every year which earns INR 1000+ cr.
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Zak May 10, 2017 12:52am
And as usual, it is crap.
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Zak May 10, 2017 12:53am
@Rama Krishna indians should live in reality instead of escaping poverty by watching CG films. Gets you no where.
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ron May 10, 2017 06:18am
@Pune-India It is Kannada not Kannad
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Indy May 10, 2017 08:28am
Undoubtedly, It's a great movie .
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sunny May 10, 2017 08:29am
@SATT kannadA
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Indian May 10, 2017 09:06am
Comparing movies based upon collection is wrong. Bahubali 2 is good movie but they charged too much - Rs. 2,000+ to 4,000+ per ticket instead of Rs. 2,00 to Rs. 500. IMO, this is loot.
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Abhi May 10, 2017 10:10am
@Raza cz they were not enslaved by muslims for centuries and influenced by their brain retarding culture
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DELHIITE! May 10, 2017 10:54am
@Dunch Yalgaar? Which movie is that? And Shaan??? That singer Shaan?!! What is happening!
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rakesh May 10, 2017 11:36am
@Dunch way is yalgaar. Pakistani film
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rakesh May 10, 2017 11:37am
Way is yalgaar.. Pakistani movie...
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krishankant May 10, 2017 12:02pm
Proud of the movie Bahubali (1 and 2), made in India.
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Aamer May 10, 2017 12:32pm
Its a good movie. I saw the Tamil Version i dont know the language but still loved it.
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saleem May 10, 2017 12:36pm
Nearly as much as Pakistans GDP.
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Sachin May 10, 2017 01:12pm
@amir Waar The movie had collected around ₨23 crore (US$2.2 million) becoming biggest grosser in Pakistan at that time and worldwide collection ₨40 crore (US$3.8 million).[60] The domestic box office collection of was later broken by Dhoom 3 (released in December 2013) which grossed ₨24.5 crore (US$2.3 million) in Pakistan. You are comparing US$156(and counting) million movie with US$2.3 million movie. How many times better you can calculate at your own.
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Zak May 10, 2017 02:01pm
@saleem but debt not even 1 % of Indian gargantuan national debt. Reality check.
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r May 10, 2017 02:46pm
i don't like Baahubali 2, i like Baahubali 1 awesome movie.
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bored May 10, 2017 03:15pm
@Zak Pakistanis are so rich they don't even watch movies - cos there's no electricity
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bored May 10, 2017 03:16pm
@Zak Mumbai city alone has a GDP more than Pakistan nation's. Poor people
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rik May 10, 2017 05:30pm
@Zak dude if you want reality checks we can give you more reality checks than you can ever count... stop trying to measure the sea through a glass of water because that makes the former appear even larger
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Np May 10, 2017 06:27pm
Bahubali and Dangal are both outstanding Indian movies. It's heartening to see Indian movies shine globally. North, South, East or West, all Indian reigions have something or other unique to offer. Let's not agitate over who is the best. Anyways, viewers are the best judges and they decide what and whom they want to watch. Indian movies are watched the world over. I have seen Indian movies on french and Italian TV channels. For the moment, let's celebrate the success of Indian movies.
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OneASia May 10, 2017 11:13pm
@Raza we are belongs to same land..British and after that politics split us.....let's unite as a single country and enjoy all these together...
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RAJA RAMAN May 11, 2017 12:26am
@Np , Thank you.... Bro
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SMJ May 11, 2017 12:33am
Proud of this Movie.
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Malamal May 11, 2017 01:54am
@VISHRUT why to compare with PKR, Then in British pounds it ll be only 10m if this is what you trying to prove
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Krish May 11, 2017 05:41am
Awesome movie !!!!
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anon May 11, 2017 06:31am
@B.patel Refugees only know how to fool Indians and rob their money. Remember? N.Sippy, Karan Johar, Subhash Ghai, Yash Chopra, Prakash Mehra,
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anon May 11, 2017 06:34am
@Pune-India "some people comparing this movie collections with Hollywood.... not realising that a Dollar is forty times dearer than a Rupee.
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Reader May 11, 2017 07:00am
Let us call it South Asian movie so we can all share its success.
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Samw May 11, 2017 07:55am
@Indian where the hell did you pay 2000+ bucks.. don't bluff
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saleem mohamad May 11, 2017 07:56am
@amarendra so what?
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saleem mohamad May 11, 2017 07:57am
@amarendra so what?
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Kunal majumdar May 11, 2017 08:54am
@Zak: Try to produce some
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Kunal majumdar May 11, 2017 09:01am
@venki: Who gave you the bragging rights? Get rid of this parochial thinking. It's the appreciation of whole of India that has given the movie such a status.
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Shalini May 11, 2017 09:26am
@Np Thank you so much Np
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Pune-India May 11, 2017 10:12am
@Zak: srap movies don't earn 1000 INR (1700 PKR).
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Pune-India May 11, 2017 10:15am
ZAK: any way what is the highest revenue earning Pakistani movie ?? I think WAR movie earning is 22 crore PKR (14 crore INR)..Good Luck..
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Pune-India May 11, 2017 10:20am
@Dunch : Where Yelgar will be released in Pakistan only..?? Pakistan has 10,000 cinemas as BB2 had shown worldwide?? Even u released in foreign it will be beat BB2..??
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Mudassar iqbal May 11, 2017 11:28am
I like this movie
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Mudassar iqbal May 11, 2017 11:29am
I like this movie
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Pune-India May 11, 2017 11:45am
@Samw: People in first day first show paid not only 2000 but 4000 INR (6500 PKR) for this movie..
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Mukesh May 11, 2017 01:18pm
Crossed Rs 1500 Cr. Its a record. Worth watching in theater .
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Aamer May 11, 2017 02:06pm
@bored only 4% of Indian population is rich the remaining 96% are poor and suffering in India.
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Saumya May 12, 2017 03:22pm
@Aamer : Perhaps you are still quoting data that is two decades old. A large segment of population is middle class. You can say only 35% of the population is from lower middle class or poor.
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rajesh May 12, 2017 04:21pm
@Zak grapes are always sour
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rik May 12, 2017 05:05pm
24% lived in poverty in 2004 in India. In 2012-13 it was 12%, all according to World Bank. Current rate by all means should be lower.
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TrollMeNot May 12, 2017 10:10pm
@Reddy Lesser known in Pakistan, why are you getting touchy over it?
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Jaff May 12, 2017 11:47pm
@Aamer ?ground talk, correct!! The above Indian comments are from those who has nothing to with their lives, only rhetoric do they talk while the floor is quite stinky and polluted
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Ashok May 13, 2017 07:06am
@rik Dawn news paper had published that 50% of Pakistani are under poverty line?
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Sam.K May 13, 2017 08:52am
@Anandamoy Das tell that to director and producers, they are really looking forward for your input!Rotfl
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Puja D May 13, 2017 12:27pm
@Zak Inferiority complex.. poor guy
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Neeraj Sharma May 13, 2017 09:08pm
@Reader wat contribuation have made by other countries??
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sridhar May 15, 2017 09:02am
Watched Bahubali 1 yesterday on youtube. Awesome. Will watch the second part in theater soon.
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sridhar May 15, 2017 09:03am
@Anandamoy Das Over rated by you!
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sridhar May 15, 2017 09:05am
@Raza True. You got to watch Malayalam movies, most of which are remade into Bollywood. They are just awesome with nice plot. Actors are dressed simply and story is real. Bollywood has become crap. It does not represent Indian culture anymore. It used to make a lot of good movies up until the 70. Now-a-days, it has become a bad copy of Hollywood with actors looking pathetic trying to imitate the West.
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sridhar May 15, 2017 09:06am
@venki True Venik. I am a South Indian and am proud of it.
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sridhar May 15, 2017 09:10am
When you say "Lesser known" film industries, you are obviously being very stupid. South makes more films than Bollywood. Most of so called hits in Bollywood are remakes of South Indian movies. Bollywood either lifts a plot straight out of Hollywood, lifts a theme from South and makes a move calling it a hit! Also, North Indian audience is largely illiterate (BiMaRU states: Bihar, MP, Rajasthan, UP) and want to see an "item number" in every movie! See Malayalam movies for a change and find out what it is like. Find out about the real culture of India from South. North sucks! This is from someone who has lived in Delhi till age of 29, migrated to US for 22 years and now lives in Bangalore, South India.
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