Top celluloid grossers released in the UK are Indian
(No Ratings Yet)Eleven of the 20 most successful foreign-language films released in the UK last year were from India, a media report said today.
A record 74 Bollywood films were released in the UK last year, compared with 61 entirely British productions, it said.
In 2004, the Indian film industry was worth around 2.4 billion pounds, and it is projected to grow by 18 per cent each year in the foreseeable future.
According to the report, The Merchants of Bollywood, a spectacular song-and-dance theatre production, directed by Toby Gough, is due to begin touring Britain next month.
The idea for the show originated from his friend Mark Brady, a producer based in Sydney with whom he had previously worked. “I kept reading so much about what was happening in Bollywood, that I called Toby and said I was putting him on a plane to Mumbai to check out the possibilities.” As an industry, Bollywood is as extraordinary as Mumbai itself. Bollywood turns out about 800 films in Hindi every year and sells 15 million tickets at the box office daily.
“The industry provides a cultural bridge for the Indian diaspora, particularly in Britain: 74 Bollywood films were released in the UK last year (a record), compared with 61 entirely British productions.
“Eleven of the 20 most successful foreign-language films released last year were from India; in 2004, the Indian film industry was worth around 2.4 billion pounds, and it is projected to grow by 18 per cent each year for the foreseeable future,” ‘The Sunday Times’ said.
— PTI
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