Editing Hindi cinema (section)

== {{anchor|International shoots}}International filming ==
{{See also|Indian cinema and Switzerland}}
Bollywood's increasing use of international settings such as Switzerland, London, Paris, New York, Mexico, Brazil and Singapore does not necessarily represent the people and cultures of those locales. Contrary to these spaces and geographies being filmed as they are, they are actually Indianised by adding Bollywood actors and Hindi speaking extras to them. While immersing in Bollywood films, viewers get to see their local experiences duplicated in different locations around the world.

According to Shakuntala Rao, "Media representation can depict India's shifting relation with the world economy, but must retain its 'Indianness' in moments of dynamic hybridity";<ref name=":1" /> "Indianness" (cultural identity) poses a problem with Bollywood's popularity among varied diaspora audiences, but gives its domestic audience a sense of uniqueness from other immigrant groups.<ref>{{Cite journal |doi=10.1080/10304312.2013.766309|title=Imagining global India: Bollywood's transnational appeal|journal=Continuum|volume=27|issue=2|pages=254–266|year=2013|last1=O'Neill|first1=Patricia|s2cid=145444217}}</ref>