Khan’s subsequent venture, Dangal (2016), a biographical drama about three young girls overcoming social challenges to turn professional wrestlers, proved to be even a bigger hit, reaping about INR 12 billion (about USD 185 million) in China alone.Ī succession of massive hits has made Amir Khan the face of Bollywood in China and developed a large fan base, comparable to the popularity of top Hollywood heroes. Little wonder then, that PK grossed INR 1 billion (about USD 16 million) at the Chinese box office, a first for Indian cinema in China. In 2015, when Aamir Khan, the star of 3 Idiots, went for his promotional trip to China for PK (2014), he received an adulation similar to what he gets from fans back home. Even though the film could earn only INR 160 million (USD 2.5 million) in China, it opened up the Chinese market for other Indian films.
When 3 Idiots, a 2009 blockbuster comedy, released in China it was nothing less than a breakthrough.
Indian cinema is definitely good with the number games with most of its movies trying to get an entry into the one billion dollar club. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, have bonded over Indian films and last year at an event in Wuhan city both were seen enjoying an instrumental rendition of 1982 Bollywood song, Tu, tu hai wahi dil ne jise apna kaha. In China, the film, featuring Tabu, Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika Apte, and Anil Dhawan in key roles, has already reached box office collection of nearly USD 44 million. Andhadhun, a thriller about a blind man, proved to be a big hit not just in the domestic market but has also left the Chinese viewers enamoured. The singing and dancing in Indian films are really helpful in driving the plot,” Zhou Maofei, chairman of the board for Beijing Cultural Investment Development Group, said at the recently concluded 9th Beijing International Film Festival.įrom Awaara to Andhadhun, the graph of Indian cinema in China has been climbing. “I was touched by this song in the film when I was young. When renowned Chinese film director Zhou Maofei watched the veteran Indian actor Raj Kapoor’s 1950s film Awaara (Vagabond), the theme song Awaara Hoon haunted him so much that he went on to use it in his film Platform (2000).
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