Editing Hindi cinema (section)

== Global markets ==
{{See also|List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets| List of highest-grossing Indian films}}
In addition to their popularity among the Indian diaspora from [[Nigeria]] and [[Senegal]] to [[Egypt]] and [[Russia]], generations of non-Indians have grown up with Bollywood.<ref name="samar" /> Indian cinema's early contacts with other regions made inroads into the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Middle East]], [[Southeast Asia]],<ref name="Desai38">Desai, 38</ref> and [[China]].{{cn|date=September 2023}} Bollywood entered the consciousness of Western audiences and producers during the late 20th century,<ref name="Us popularity" /><ref name=businessweek>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021124165107/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_48/b3810013.htm Can new money create a world-class film industry in India?]. Business Week.</ref> and Western actors now seek roles in Bollywood films.<ref name=BBC-Bollywood-popularity>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17920845 |title=Bollywood's expanding reach |work=BBC News |date=3 May 2012 |access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref>

=== Asia-Pacific ===
==== South Asia ====
Bollywood films are also popular in Pakistan, [[Bangladesh]], and [[Nepal]], where Hindustani is widely understood. Many Pakistanis understand Hindi, due to its linguistic similarity to [[Urdu]].<ref name="Pakistan">{{cite web |url=https://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEE20051004061008&Page=E&Title=Startrek&Topic=0 |title=Despite official ban, Hindi movies are a craze in Pakistan |access-date=5 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224205938/https://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEE20051004061008&Page=E&Title=Startrek&Topic=0 |archive-date=24 February 2008}}</ref> Although Pakistan banned the import of Bollywood films in 1965, trade in unlicensed DVDs<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=67664|title=Bollywood stumbles in Pak with Taj Mahal|access-date=21 November 2008|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=14 May 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330002107/https://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=67664|archive-date=30 March 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> and illegal cable broadcasts ensured their continued popularity. Exceptions to the ban were made for a few films, such as the colourised re-release of ''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]'' and ''[[Taj Mahal]]'' in 2006. Early in 2008, the Pakistani government permitted the import of 16 films.<ref>{{cite web |date=9 January 2009 |title=Will it be curtains for Indian films in Pakistan? |url=https://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/will-it-be-curtains-for-indian-films-in-pakistan_100137752.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107144559/https://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/will-it-be-curtains-for-indian-films-in-pakistan_100137752.html |archive-date=7 November 2016 |access-date=23 February 2010 |publisher=ThaIndian}}</ref> More easing followed in 2009 and 2010. Although it is opposed by nationalists and representatives of Pakistan's small film industry, it is embraced by cinema owners who are making a profit after years of low receipts.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264316|title=The Mirror is Watching|access-date=23 February 2009|magazine=[[Outlook India]]|date=1 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222070609/https://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264316|archive-date=22 February 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The most popular actors in Pakistan are the three [[Khans of Bollywood]]: [[Salman Khan|Salman]], [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shah Rukh]], and [[Aamir Khan|Aamir]]. The most popular actress is [[Madhuri Dixit]];<ref name="bollywoodlife">{{cite news|last=Sudhakaran|first=Sreeju|title=Aamir Khan in China, Shah Rukh Khan in Germany – 7 Bollywood stars who have massive fan following in other countries|url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/aamir-khan-in-china-shah-rukh-khan-in-germany-7-bollywood-stars-who-have-massive-fan-following-in-other-countries/|work=Bollywood Life|date=10 June 2017}}</ref> at [[India–Pakistan cricket rivalry|India-Pakistan cricket matches]] during the 1990s, Pakistani fans chanted "''Madhuri dedo, Kashmir lelo!''" ("Give Madhuri, take [[Kashmir]]!")<ref>{{cite news|title=Bollywood set to cross LoC|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/bollywood-set-to-cross-loc/story-6IXcKAlpvbeUntyGj9P7WP.html|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=27 January 2006}}</ref> Bollywood films in Nepal earn more than [[Cinema of Nepal|Nepali films]], and Salman Khan, [[Akshay Kumar]] and Shah Rukh Khan are popular in the country.

The films are also popular in [[Afghanistan]] due to its proximity to the Indian subcontinent and their cultural similarities, particularly in music. Popular actors include Shah Rukh Khan, [[Ajay Devgan]], [[Sunny Deol]], [[Aishwarya Rai]], [[Preity Zinta]], and Madhuri Dixit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-variety/Its-Bollywood-all-the-way-in-Afghanistan/article20275900.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403082744/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/05/09/stories/2005050900561400.htm|title=It's Bollywood all the way in Afghanistan|archive-date=3 April 2007|website=@businessline|date=8 May 2005 }}</ref> A number of Bollywood films were filmed in Afghanistan and some dealt with the country, including ''[[Dharmatma]]'', ''[[Kabul Express]]'', ''[[Khuda Gawah]]'' and ''[[Escape From Taliban]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/08/29/kabul.tv/index.html |title=CNN World: Kabul TV bans 'explicit' Indian films, soaps |date=29 August 2002 |access-date=26 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809155213/https://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/08/29/kabul.tv/index.html |archive-date=9 August 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1679115.stm|title=BBC: Bollywood eyes Afghan market | date=27 November 2001 | access-date=31 December 2009 | work=BBC News}}</ref>

==== Southeast Asia ====
Bollywood films are popular in [[Southeast Asia]], particularly in [[maritime Southeast Asia]]. The three Khans are very popular in the [[Malay world]], including [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], and [[Singapore]]. The films are also fairly popular in [[Thailand]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Yogendra Singh|title=Bollywood in Southeast Asia|publisher=Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies|date=19 November 2008|url=https://www.ipcs.org/article_details.php?articleNo=2734|access-date=18 May 2009|archive-date=18 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618020447/http://www.ipcs.org/article_details.php?articleNo=2734|url-status=dead}}</ref>

India has [[Indosphere|cultural ties]] with Indonesia, and Bollywood films were introduced to the country at the end of [[World War II]] in 1945. The "angry young man" films of [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Salim–Javed]] were popular during the 1970s and 1980s before Bollywood's popularity began gradually declining in the 1980s and 1990s. It experienced an Indonesian revival with the release of Shah Rukh Khan's ''[[Kuch Kuch Hota Hai]]'' (1998) in 2001, which was a bigger box-office success in the country than ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997). Bollywood has had a strong presence in Indonesia since then, particularly Shah Rukh Khan films such as ''[[Mohabbatein]]'' (2000), ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...]]'' (2001), ''[[Kal Ho Naa Ho]]'', ''[[Chalte Chalte (2003 film)|Chalte Chalte]]'' and ''[[Koi...&nbsp;Mil Gaya]]'' (all 2003), and ''[[Veer-Zaara]]'' (2004).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tambunan|first=Shuri Mariasih Gietty|title=Bollywood in Indonesia: The Kuch Kuch Hota Hai effect|url=https://southasia.oneworld.net/features/bollywood-in-indonesia-the-kuch-kuch-hota-hai-effect|journal=Owsa|date=23 December 2012|access-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204242/https://southasia.oneworld.net/features/bollywood-in-indonesia-the-kuch-kuch-hota-hai-effect|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== East Asia ====
Some Bollywood films have been widely appreciated in [[China]], [[Japan]], and [[South Korea]]. Several Hindi films have been commercially successful in Japan, including [[Mehboob Khan]]'s ''[[Aan]]'' (1952, starring [[Dilip Kumar]]) and [[Aziz Mirza]]'s ''[[Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman]]'' (1992, starring [[Shah Rukh Khan]]). The latter sparked a two-year boom in Indian films after its 1997 release,<ref name="Japan">{{cite book | url=https://ir.minpaku.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/10502/1140/1/SES71_011.pdf | title=Asia to Watch, Asia to Present: The Promotion of Asian/Indian Cinema in Japan | publisher=Senri Ethnological Studies, Reitaku University | last=Matsuoka | first=Tamaki | year=2008| page=246 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722073202/https://ir.minpaku.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/10502/1140/1/SES71_011.pdf | archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref> with ''[[Dil Se..]]'' (1998) a beneficiary of the boom.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kohli-Khandekar|first=Vanita|title=The Indian Media Business|date=2013|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing|SAGE Publications]]|isbn=9788132117889|page=188|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1C4nAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA188}}</ref> The highest-grossing Hindi film in Japan is ''[[3 Idiots]]'' (2009), starring [[Aamir Khan]],<ref name="qz">{{cite news|title=Japan is going gaga over Bollywood|url=https://qz.com/310502/japan-is-going-gaga-over-bollywood/|work=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]]|date=11 December 2014}}</ref> which received a [[Japanese Academy Award]] nomination.<ref>{{cite web|title=3 Idiots to race for Japan Academy Awards|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2382254/3-Idiots-to-race-for-Japan-Academy-Awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130064850/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2382254/3-Idiots-to-race-for-Japan-Academy-Awards|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2014|date=27 January 2014}}</ref> The film was also a critical and commercial success in South Korea.<ref>{{cite news|title=Embrace Your Nerdiness with 3 Idiots|url=https://herald.kaist.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=285|access-date=29 March 2012|newspaper=KAIST Herald|date=4 December 2011|author=Chaerim Oh|agency=[[KAIST]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424035900/https://herald.kaist.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=285|archive-date=24 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''[[Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani]]'', ''[[Awara (1951 film)|Awaara]]'', and ''[[Do Bigha Zamin]]'' were successful in China during the 1940s and 1950s, and remain popular with their original audience. Few Indian films were commercially successful in the country during the 1970s and 1980s, among them [[Tahir Hussain]]'s ''[[Caravan (1971 film)|Caravan]]'', ''[[Noorie]]'' and ''[[Disco Dancer]]''.<ref name="rediff">{{cite web|title=Aamir: I couldn't really enjoy the food in China|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/aamir-i-couldnt-really-enjoy-the-food-in-china/20150521.htm|website=[[Rediff]]|date=21 May 2015}}</ref> Indian film stars popular in China included Raj Kapoor, [[Nargis]],<ref name="tagore" /> and [[Mithun Chakraborty]].<ref name="rediff" /> Hindi films declined significantly in popularity in China during the 1980s.<ref name="lagaan-china">{{cite news|access-date=12 January 2008 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021121/world.htm#4 |title=''Lagaan'' released in China |date=20 November 2002 |work=The Tribune |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227190730/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021121/world.htm |archive-date=27 December 2007 }}</ref> Films by Aamir Khan have recently been successful,<ref name="rediff" /><ref name="forbes-china">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/08/how-a-52-year-old-indian-actor-became-chinas-favorite-movie-star/|title=How A 52-Year-Old Indian Actor Became China's Favorite Movie Star|first=Rob|last=Cain|website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> and ''[[Lagaan]]'' was the first Indian film with a nationwide Chinese release in 2011.<ref name="lagaan-china" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Lagaan revives memories of Raj Kapoor in China|author=Anil K. Joseph|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|date=20 November 2002|url=https://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=16983|access-date=30 January 2009|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205095946/https://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=16983|archive-date=5 December 2013}}</ref> [[Cinema of China|Chinese]] filmmaker [[He Ping (director)|He Ping]] was impressed by ''Lagaan'' (particularly its soundtrack), and hired its composer [[A. R. Rahman]] to score his ''[[Warriors of Heaven and Earth]]'' (2003).<ref>{{cite web|title=Rahman's 'Lagaan' cast a spell on me|website=[[Sify]]|date=13 February 2004|url=https://sify.com/peopleandplaces/fullstory.php?id=13388284|access-date=24 February 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324022050/https://sify.com/peopleandplaces/fullstory.php?id=13388284|archive-date=24 March 2009}}</ref>

When ''3 Idiots'' was released in China, China was the [[Aamir Khan|world's]] 15th-largest film market (partly due to its widespread pirate [[DVD]] distribution at the time). The pirate market introduced the film to Chinese audiences, however, and it became a [[cult hit]]. According to the [[Douban]] film-review site, ''3 Idiots'' is China's 12th-most-popular film of all time; only one domestic Chinese film (''[[Farewell My Concubine (film)|Farewell My Concubine]]'') ranks higher, and [[Aamir Khan]] acquired a large Chinese fan base as a result.<ref name="forbes-china" /> After ''3 Idiots'', several of Khan's other films (including 2007's {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Taare Zameen Par]]}} and 2008's ''[[Ghajini (2008 film)|Ghajini]]'') also developed cult followings.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Q&A: Aamir Khan on what it takes to crack China's box office|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/india-bollywood-aamir-khan-dangal-interv/qa-aamir-khan-on-what-it-takes-to-crack-chinas-box-office-idUSKBN18R0RQ|work=Reuters|access-date=31 May 2017|year=2017}}</ref> China became the world's second-largest film market (after the United States) by 2013, paving the way for Khan's box-office success with ''[[Dhoom 3]]'' (2013), ''[[PK (film)|PK]]'' (2014), and ''[[Dangal (2016 film)|Dangal]]'' (2016).<ref name="forbes-china" /> The latter is the [[List of highest-grossing films in China|16th-highest-grossing film in China]],<ref name="cbo">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbooo.cn/Alltimedomestic|script-title=zh:内地总票房排名 ("All-Time Domestic Box Office Rankings")|work=中国票房 (China Box Office)|publisher=Entgroup|language=zh|access-date=16 February 2022|archive-date=9 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209213437/http://www.cbooo.cn/Alltimedomestic|url-status=dead}}</ref> the fifth-highest-grossing non-[[English language]] film worldwide,<ref name="5thForbes">{{cite news|last1=Cain|first1=Rob|title='Dangal' Tops $300 Million, Becoming The 5th Highest-Grossing Non-English Movie Ever|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/12/dangal-joins-300-million-club-now-the-5th-biggest-non-english-movie-ever|access-date=14 June 2017|work=Forbes|date=12 June 2017}}</ref> and the highest-grossing non-English foreign film in any market.<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Lee|title=Bollywood Hit Beats 'Star Wars' at China's Box Office|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-28/bollywood-beats-star-wars-at-china-s-box-office-with-hindi-hit|work=[[Bloomberg News]]|date=28 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Lee|title=China Picks Bollywood Over Hollywood|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-29/china-picks-bollywood-over-hollywood|work=[[Bloomberg News]]|date=29 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="business-standard">{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Lee|title=How Aamir Khan's Secret Superstar beat 'Star Wars' at China's Box Office|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/how-aamir-khan-s-secret-superstar-beat-star-wars-at-china-s-box-office-118012900051_1.html|work=[[Business Standard]]|date=29 January 2018}}</ref> Several Khan films, including {{Lang|hi-latn|Taare Zameen Par}}, ''3 Idiots'', and ''Dangal'', are highly rated on Douban.<ref>{{cite news|title=印度的良心阿米尔·汗如何用电影改变国家|url=https://ent.sina.com.cn/zl/bagua/blog/2017-05-19/10105939/350163497/14df122910102wywr.shtml|publisher=[[Sina Corp]]|date=19 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=《摔跤吧！爸爸》主演阿米尔·汗被誉为"印度刘德华"-中新网|url=https://www.chinanews.com/yl/2017/05-11/8220929.shtml|work=[[China News Service]]|date=11 May 2017}}</ref> His next film, ''[[Secret Superstar]]'' (2017, starring [[Zaira Wasim]]), broke ''Dangal''{{'}}s record for the highest-grossing opening weekend by an Indian film and cemented Khan's status<ref name="scmp">{{cite news|title=Meet the Secret Superstar of China, from India|url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2130746/meet-secret-superstar-china-india-aamir-khan|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=28 January 2018}}</ref> as "a king of the Chinese box office";<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{cite news|title=China Box Office: Bollywood's 'Secret Superstar' Beats 'Ferdinand' and 'Jumanji'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-bollywoods-secret-superstar-beats-ferdinand-jumanji-1076857|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=22 January 2018}}</ref> ''Secret Superstar'' was China's highest-grossing foreign film of 2018 to date.<ref name="firstpost2">{{cite news|title=Secret Superstar: Aamir Khan's film becomes second Indian movie to cross Rs 500 cr in China, next only to his Dangal|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/secret-superstar-aamir-khans-film-becomes-second-indian-movie-to-cross-rs-500-cr-in-china-next-only-to-his-dangal-4331887.html|work=Firstpost|date=2 February 2018}}</ref> Khan has become a household name in China,<ref>{{cite news|title=5 big stories from the week gone by|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/5-big-stories-from-the-week-gone-by-26308-3.html|work=[[Filmfare]]|date=29 January 2018}}</ref> with his success described as a form of Indian [[soft power]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gao|first1=Charlotte|title=Aamir Khan: India's Soft Power in China|url=https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/aamir-khan-indias-soft-power-in-china/|work=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]]}}</ref> improving [[China–India relations]] despite political tensions.<ref name="tagore">{{cite news|title=Aamir Khan: the second coming of Tagore?|url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2130794/chinas-secret-superstar-aamir-khan-second-coming-indias-tagore|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=28 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="scmp" /> With Bollywood competing with Hollywood in the Chinese market,<ref>{{cite news|title=Significant Digits For Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/significant-digits-for-tuesday-jan-30-2018/|work=[[FiveThirtyEight]]|date=30 January 2018}}</ref> the success of Khan's films has driven up the price for Chinese distributors of Indian film imports.<ref>{{cite news|title=Headlines from China: Tencent Acquires Stake in Hollywood Studio Skydance Media|url=https://chinafilminsider.com/headlines-china-tencent-acquires-stake-hollywood-studio-skydance-media/|work=China Film Insider|date=26 January 2018}}</ref> [[Salman Khan]]'s ''[[Bajrangi Bhaijaan]]'' and [[Irrfan Khan]]'s ''[[Hindi Medium]]'' were also Chinese hits in early 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tripathi|first=Rajat|title=Irrfan Khan's Hindi Medium BEATS the first day collections of Dangal and Bajrangi Bhaijaan in China|url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/irrfan-khans-hindi-medium-beats-the-first-day-collections-of-dangal-and-bajrangi-bhaijaan-in-china/|access-date=4 April 2018|work=Bollywood Life}}</ref>

==== Oceania ====
Although Bollywood is less successful on some Pacific islands such as [[New Guinea]], it ranks second to Hollywood in [[Fiji]] (with its large Indian minority), [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].<ref name="Oceania">{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/ET_Cetera/Bollywood_clubs_popular_among_Australians/articleshow/2372640.cms|title=Bollywood clubs popular among Australians|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=15 September 2007|access-date=12 November 2007|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212095151/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/ET_Cetera/Bollywood_clubs_popular_among_Australians/articleshow/2372640.cms|archive-date=12 February 2008}}</ref> Australia also has a large South Asian diaspora, and Bollywood is popular amongst non-Asians in the country as well.<ref name="Oceania" /> Since 1997, the country has been a backdrop for an increasing number of Bollywood films.<ref name="Oceania" /> Indian filmmakers, attracted to Australia's diverse locations and landscapes, initially used the country as a setting for song-and-dance scenes;<ref name="Oceania" /> however, Australian locations now figure in Bollywood film plots.<ref name="Oceania" /> Hindi films shot in Australia usually incorporate Australian culture. [[Yash Raj Films]]' ''[[Salaam Namaste]]'' (2005), the first Indian film shot entirely in Australia, was the most successful Bollywood film of 2005 in that country.<ref>{{cite news|author=Phillips, Mark|url=https://www.theage.com.au/news/Film/Bollywood-on-Bourke-Street/2005/05/12/1115843307939.html|title=Bollywood on Bourke Street|work=[[The Age]]|date=13 May 2005|access-date=18 August 2008|location=Melbourne}}</ref> It was followed by the box-office successes ''[[Heyy Babyy]]'', (2007) ''[[Chak De! India]]'' (2007), and ''[[Singh Is Kinng]]'' (2008).<ref name="Oceania" /> Prime Minister [[John Howard]] said during a visit to India after the release of ''Salaam Namaste'' that he wanted to encourage Indian filmmaking in Australia to increase tourism, and he appointed [[Steve Waugh]] as tourism ambassador to India.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bonza.rmit.edu.au/essays/2006/Mithila%20Gupta/CollectionofAnnotatedRef.html |title=Australian PM says Salaam Namaste to Bollywood |publisher=bonza.rmit.edu.au |date=7 March 2006 |access-date=17 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120112704/https://bonza.rmit.edu.au/essays/2006/Mithila%20Gupta/CollectionofAnnotatedRef.html |archive-date=20 January 2009}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2019}} Australian actress [[Tania Zaetta]], who appeared in ''Salaam Namaste'' and several other Bollywood films, was eager to expand her career in Bollywood.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/people/tania-zaettas-bollywood-career-in-doubt/2008/05/23/1211183051898.html|title=Tania Zaetta's Bollywood career in doubt|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=23 May 2008|access-date=17 November 2008|author=Ramachandran, Arjun}}</ref>

=== Eastern Europe and Central Asia ===
Bollywood films are popular in the former [[Soviet Union]] ([[Russia]], [[Eastern Europe]], and [[Central Asia]]),<ref name="Sanskar Shrivastava">{{cite web|url=https://www.theworldreporter.com/2013/08/bollywood-diplomacy-influence-in-soviet-union.html|title=Influence of Bollywood in Former Soviet Union; Why India and Russia Need to Target Bollywood Diplomacy and Business|work=The World Reporter|date=1 August 2013|author=Sanskar Shrivastava|access-date=1 August 2013|archive-date=4 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804105232/http://www.theworldreporter.com/2013/08/bollywood-diplomacy-influence-in-soviet-union.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and have been dubbed into [[Russian language|Russian]]. Indian films were [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|more popular in the Soviet Union]] than Hollywood films<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cpoLAQAAMAAJ ''Indian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin''], page 75, [[Indiana University Press]], 2005</ref><ref name="moscow">[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=5 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 44], [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref> and, sometimes, domestic [[Soviet films]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=laoaAQAAIAAJ ''Behind The Scenes Of Hindi Cinema: A Visual Journey Through The Heart Of Bollywood''], page 138, [[Royal Tropical Institute]], 2005</ref> The first Indian film released in the Soviet Union was ''[[Dharti Ke Lal]]'' (1946), directed by [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]] and based on the [[Bengal famine of 1943]], in 1949.<ref name="Rajadhyaksha" /> Three hundred Indian films were released in the Soviet Union after that;<ref>{{cite news|title=With love from India to Russia|url=https://www.rbth.com/articles/2009/10/22/221009_indianfilms.html|work=[[Russia Beyond]]|date=22 October 2009}}</ref> most were Bollywood films with higher average audience figures than domestic Soviet productions.<ref name="moscow" /><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bJnAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA357 ''The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War'', page 357], [[Routledge]], 2014</ref> Fifty Indian films had over 20 million viewers, compared to 41 Hollywood films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FceAQAAMAAJ|title=A Taste for Indian Films: Negotiating Cultural Boundaries in Post-Stalinist Soviet Society|first=Sudha|last=Rajagopalan|date=16 August 2018|publisher=Indiana University|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html|title=Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)|author=[[Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)|Sergey Kudryavtsev]]}}</ref> Some, such as ''[[Awaara]]'' (1951) and ''[[Disco Dancer]]'' (1982), had more than 60 million viewers<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kinanet.livejournal.com/13882.html|title=Зарубежные фильмы в советском кинопрокате|author=[[Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)|Sergey Kudryavtsev]]}}</ref><ref name="hindu_russia">{{cite news|title=Bollywood re-enters Russian homes via cable TV|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 September 2007|url=https://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200709270360.htm|access-date=7 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109235938/https://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200709270360.htm|archive-date=9 November 2012|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> and established actors [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Nargis]],<ref name="hindu_russia" /> [[Rishi Kapoor]]<ref name="moscow43">[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=4 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 43], [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref> and [[Mithun Chakraborty]] in the country.<ref name="sbs">[https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/hindi/en/article/2017/03/18/do-you-remember-jimmy-jimmy Do you remember Jimmy Jimmy?], [[SBS One|SBS]], 18 March 2017</ref>

According to diplomat Ashok Sharma, who served in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]],
{{blockquote|The popularity of Bollywood in the CIS dates back to the Soviet days when the films from [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] and other Western cinema centers were banned in the Soviet Union. As there was no means of other cheap entertainment, the films from Bollywood provided the Soviets a cheap source of entertainment as they were supposed to be non-controversial and non-political. In addition, the Soviet Union was recovering from the onslaught of the Second World War. The films from India, which were also recovering from the disaster of partition and the struggle for freedom from colonial rule, were found to be a good source of providing hope with entertainment to the struggling masses. The aspirations and needs of the people of both countries matched to a great extent. These films were dubbed in Russian and shown in theatres throughout the Soviet Union. The films from Bollywood also strengthened family values, which was a big factor for their popularity with the government authorities in the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chillibreeze.com/articles/Indian-films.asp |title=Promoting Bollywood Abroad Will Help to Promote India |last=Ashreena |first=Tanya |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003948/https://www.chillibreeze.com/articles/Indian-films.asp |archive-date=3 December 2013 }}</ref>}}

After the collapse of the Soviet film-distribution system, Hollywood filled the void in the Russian film market and Bollywood's market share shrank.<ref name="Sanskar Shrivastava" />

In [[Poland]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]] has a large following. He was introduced to Polish audiences with the 2005 release of ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...]]'' (2001) and his other films, including ''[[Dil Se..]]'' (1998), ''[[Main Hoon Na]]'' (2004) and ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]'' (2006), became hits in the country. Bollywood films are often covered in ''[[Gazeta Wyborcza]]'', formerly Poland's largest newspaper.<ref>{{cite news|title=After Kama Sutra, it is Bollywood and SRK in Poland|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-after-kama-sutra-it-is-bollywood-and-srk-in-poland-1211988|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=7 December 2008}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes">{{cite news|title=9 Countries Where Bollywood Is Badshah|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/9-countries-where-bollywood-is-badshah-331482.html|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=15 October 2017}}</ref>

''[[Squad (2021 film)|Squad]]'' (2021) is the first Indian film to be shot in [[Belarus]]. A majority of the film was shot at [[Belarusfilm]] studios, in [[Minsk]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/epic-battle-for-climax-of-rinzings-film-squad/articleshow/71765107.cms|title=Epic battle for climax of Rinzing Denzongpa's film Squad|date=26 October 2019|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref>

=== Middle East and North Africa ===
Hindi films have become popular in [[Arab world|Arab countries]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad-times/bollywood-films-gaining-popularity-in-gulf-countries/articleshow/2121632.cms|title=Bollywood films gaining popularity in Gulf countries|date=8 October 2006|access-date=21 November 2008|work=[[The Times of India]]|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref>
and imported Indian films are usually subtitled in Arabic when they are released. Bollywood has progressed in [[Israel]] since the early 2000s, with channels dedicated to Indian films on cable television;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041116/world.htm|title=Indian films swamp Israel|date=16 November 2004|access-date=21 November 2008|work=The Tribune|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref> [[MBC Bollywood]] and [[Zee Aflam]] show Hindi movies and serials.<ref>{{cite web|title = Bollywood craze grows ever stronger with audiences in the Middle East {{!}} The National|url = https://www.thenational.ae/uae/bollywood-craze-grows-ever-stronger-with-audiences-in-the-middle-east|website = The National|date = 11 March 2014|location=Abu Dhabi|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref>

In Egypt, Bollywood films were popular during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1987, however, they were restricted to a handful of films by the [[Egyptian government]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Living the spectacle: Why Egyptians worship Bollywood – Entertainment – Arts & Culture – Ahram Online|url = https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/0/127435/Arts--Culture/0/Living-the-spectacle-Why-Egyptians-worship-Bollywo.aspx|website = english.ahram.org.eg|access-date = 2 December 2015|archive-date = 8 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208082627/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/0/127435/Arts--Culture/0/Living-the-spectacle-Why-Egyptians-worship-Bollywo.aspx|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Bollywood Rides Back to Egypt on Chennai Express|url = https://blogs.wsj.com/middleeast/2013/09/30/bollywood-rides-back-to-egypt-on-chennai-express/|website = WSJ Blogs – Middle East Real Time|date = 30 September 2013|access-date = 2 December 2015|first = Matt|last = Bradley|archive-date = 8 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208071607/http://blogs.wsj.com/middleeast/2013/09/30/bollywood-rides-back-to-egypt-on-chennai-express/|url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Amitabh Bachchan]] has remained popular in the country<ref>{{cite news|title=Egypt's Amitabh Bachchan mania|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Egypts-Amitabh-Bachchan-mania/articleshow/1315446.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 December 2005}}</ref> and Indian tourists visiting Egypt are asked, "Do you know Amitabh Bachchan?"<ref name="bollywoodlife" />

Bollywood movies are regularly screened in Dubai cinemas, and Bollywood is becoming popular in Turkey; ''[[Barfi!]]'' was the first Hindi film to have a wide theatrical release in that country.<ref>{{cite web|title = Barfi! making inroads for Bollywood in Turkey {{!}} The National|url = https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/barfi-making-inroads-for-bollywood-in-turkey|website = The National|location = Abu Dhabi|access-date = 2 December 2015|archive-date = 13 August 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160813041642/https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/barfi-making-inroads-for-bollywood-in-turkey|url-status = dead}}</ref> Bollywood also has viewers in Central Asia (particularly [[Uzbekistan]]<ref>{{cite news |date=24 October 1998 |title=World: Bollywood stirs Uzbek passions |quote=Indian films are known for their all singing all dancing formula. |author=Louise Hidalgo |url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/200689.stm |access-date=18 May 2009 |work= BBC News}}</ref> and [[Tajikistan]]).<ref>{{cite news|date=23 June 2004 |title=Bollywood bowls Tajiks over |work=BBC News|author1=Monica Whitlock  |author2=Rahim Rahimian  |name-list-style=amp |url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3834295.stm |access-date=18 May 2009}}</ref>

=== South America ===
Bollywood films are not influential in most of South America, although its culture and dance is recognised. Due to significant South Asian diaspora communities in [[Suriname]] and [[Guyana]], however, Hindi-language movies are popular.<ref>Global Bollywood – Anandam P. Kavoori, Aswin Punathambekar</ref> In 2006, ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' became the first Bollywood film to be shot in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/15sfa.htm|title=Will Hrithik's Dhoom 2 prove lucky for Brazil?|date=15 September 2006|author=Firdaus Ashraf, Syed|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=5 March 2008}}</ref> In January 2012, it was announced that UTV Motion Pictures would begin releasing films in [[Peru]] with ''[[Guzaarish (film)|Guzaarish]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2012/01/26/bollywood-makes-it-way-to-latin-america/ | publisher=Fox News | title=Bollywood Comes to Latin America | date=26 January 2012 | access-date=1 December 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402125013/https://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2012/01/26/bollywood-makes-it-way-to-latin-america/ | archive-date=2 April 2016 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== {{anchor|Sub-Saharan Africa and Horn of Africa}}Africa ===
Hindi films were originally distributed to some parts of Africa by [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] businessmen.<ref name="samar">{{cite web|last=Larkin |first=Brian |url=https://www.samarmagazine.org/archive/article.php?id=21 |title=Bollywood Comes To Nigeria |publisher=Samarmagazine.org |date=31 August 2002 |access-date=12 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731164710/https://www.samarmagazine.org/archive/article.php?id=21 |archive-date=31 July 2010}}</ref> In the 1950s, Hindi and [[Egyptian films]] were generally more popular than Hollywood films in [[East Africa]]. By the 1960s, East Africa was one of the largest overseas export markets for Indian films, accounting for about 20-50% of global earnings for many Indian films.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fair |first1=Laura |chapter=Audience Preferences in Tanzania, 1950s-1980s |editor-last1=Saul |editor-first1=Mahir |editor-last2=Austen |editor-first2=Ralph A. |title=Viewing African Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Art Films and the Nollywood Video Revolution |date=12 October 2010 |publisher=[[Ohio University Press]] |isbn=978-0-8214-1931-1 |pages=109–11 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cH0DaVXW0JMC&pg=PA109 |access-date=1 May 2022}}</ref>

''[[Mother India]]'' (1957) continued to be screened in [[Nigeria]] decades after its release. Indian movies have influenced [[Hausa people|Hausa]] clothing, songs have been covered by Hausa singers, and stories have influenced Nigerian novelists. Stickers of Indian films and stars decorate taxis and buses in Nigeria's [[Northern Region, Nigeria|Northern Region]], and posters of Indian films hang on the walls of tailoring shops and mechanics' garages. Unlike Europe and North America, where Indian films cater to the expatriate market, Bollywood films became popular in West Africa despite the lack of a significant Indian audience. One possible explanation is cultural similarity: the wearing of turbans, animals in markets; porters carrying large bundles, and traditional wedding celebrations. Within Muslim culture, Indian movies were said to show "respect" toward women; Hollywood movies were seen as having "no shame". In Indian movies, women are modestly dressed; men and women rarely kiss and there is no [[nudity]], so the films are said to "have culture" which Hollywood lacks. The latter "don't base themselves on the problems of the people"; Indian films are based on socialist values and the reality of developing countries emerging from years of colonialism. Indian movies permitted a new youth culture without "becoming Western."<ref name="samar"/> The first Indian film shot in Mauritius was ''[[Souten]]'', starring [[Rajesh Khanna]], in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.silverdollarproduction.com/film-shooting.html |title=Film Shooting in Mauritius |access-date=10 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220145113/https://www.silverdollarproduction.com/film-shooting.html |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In [[South Africa]], film imports from India were watched by black and [[Indian South Africans|Indian]] audiences.<ref name="Rajinder" /> Several Bollywood figures have travelled to Africa for films and off-camera projects. ''[[Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav]]'' (2005) was filmed in South Africa.<ref>{{cite news|author=Balchand, K.|title=Lalu Prasad, at home|date=26 September 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.hindu.com/2004/09/26/stories/2004092600682000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041116044729/https://www.hindu.com/2004/09/26/stories/2004092600682000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 November 2004|access-date=9 December 2009|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> ''[[Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...]]'' (2005) was also filmed almost entirely in [[Mauritius]], which has a large ethnic-Indian population.

Bollywood, however, seems to be diminishing in popularity in Africa. New Bollywood films are more sexually explicit and violent. Nigerian viewers observed that older films (from the 1950s and 1960s) had more culture and were less Westernised.<ref name="samar" /> The old days of India avidly "advocating decolonization ... and India's policy was wholly influenced by his missionary zeal to end racial domination and discrimination in the African territories" were replaced.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/13/bollywood_in_africa/ |title=Bollywood in Africa – Is it getting too Western? – How the World Works |work=Salon |date=13 June 2007 |access-date=12 November 2010 |archive-date=19 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919031439/https://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/13/bollywood_in_africa/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The emergence of [[Nollywood]] ([[West Africa]]'s film industry) has also contributed to the declining popularity of Bollywood films, as sexualised Indian films became more like American films.

[[Kishore Kumar]] and [[Amitabh Bachchan]] have been popular in [[Egypt]] and [[Somalia]].<ref name="Baru">{{cite book|last=Baru|first=Sanjaya|title=Strategic Consequences of India's Economic Performance|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-70973-1|page=442|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rXE3cEqRcDoC}}</ref> In [[Ethiopia]], Bollywood movies are shown with Hollywood productions in [[town square]] theatres such as the Cinema Ethiopia in [[Addis Ababa]].<ref name="Phillips">{{cite book|first1=Matt|last1=Phillips|first2=Jean-Bernard|last2=Carillet|title=Ethiopia & Eritrea. Ediz. Inglese|year=2006|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-436-2|page=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7barYwB0UWcC}}</ref> Less-commercial Bollywood films are also screened elsewhere in [[North Africa]].<ref name="Carter">{{cite book|last=Carter|first=Sandra Gayle|title=What Moroccan Cinema?: A Historical and Critical Study|year=2009|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0-7391-3187-9|page=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PByNqtLQo8QC}}</ref>

=== Western Europe and North America ===
[[File:Bollywood Dance London.jpg|thumb|alt=Large group of dancers onstage|Bollywood dancing show in [[London]]]]
The first Indian film to be released in the [[Western world]] and receive mainstream attention was ''[[Aan]]'' (1952), directed by [[Mehboob Khan]] and starring [[Dilip Kumar]] and [[Nimmi]]. It was subtitled in 17 languages and released in 28 countries,<ref name="Rajinder">{{cite book|last1=Rajinder|first1=Dudrah|last2=Jigna|first2=Desai|title=The Bollywood Reader|date=2008|publisher=[[McGraw-Hill Education]]|isbn=978-0-335-22212-4|page=65|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Wz4AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA65}}</ref> including the [[United Kingdom]],<ref name="moviemahal">{{cite web|url=https://moviemahal.net/2017/01/11/mehboobs-aan-1952-indian-cinemas-entry-into-europe|title=Mehboob's AAN (1952) – Indian Cinema's entry into Europe|date=11 January 2017}}</ref> the [[United States]], and [[France]].<ref name="filmfare">{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/nimmis-filmfare-interview-11920.html|title=Dilip Kumar ke aashiq hum bhi the|website=filmfare.com}}</ref> ''Aan'' received significant praise from British critics, and ''[[The Times]]'' compared it favourably to Hollywood productions.<ref name="gaur">{{cite book|last=Gaur|first=Madan|title=Other Side of the Coin: An Intimate Study of Indian Film Industry|date=1973|publisher=Trimurti Prakashan [distributed through Universal Book Service, Delhi]|page=122|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LAAwAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> Mehboob Khan's later [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-nominated ''[[Mother India]]'' (1957) was a success in overseas markets, including [[Europe]],<ref name="gaur" /> Russia, the [[Eastern Bloc]], [[French colonial empire|French territories]], and [[Latin America]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Chatterjee|first=Gayatri|title=Mother India|year=2002|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=978-0-85170-917-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/motherindiamadar00chat/page/77 77–78]|url=https://archive.org/details/motherindiamadar00chat/page/77}}</ref>

Many Bollywood films have been commercially successful in the United Kingdom. The most successful Indian actor at the British box office has been [[Shah Rukh Khan]], whose popularity in [[British Asian]] communities played a key role in introducing Bollywood to the UK<ref name="livemint">{{cite news|last=Jha|first=Lata|title=Why Shah Rukh Khan remains the ultimate NRI hero|url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/ZLahUQiFIQKYz2MSeo1JDN/Why-Shah-Rukh-Khan-remains-the-ultimate-NRI-hero.html|work=[[Live Mint]]|date=10 February 2017}}</ref> with films such as ''[[Darr]]'' (1993),<ref>{{cite web|title=Darr|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3320|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref> ''[[Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge]]'' (1995),<ref name=Hindu1>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article2275753.ece |title=Bollywood needs to change its act |work=The Hindu |author=Desai, Lord Meghnad |date=25 November 2007|access-date=6 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530021748/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article2275753.ece|archive-date=30 May 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Kuch Kuch Hota Hai]]'' (1998).<ref name="livemint" /> ''[[Dil Se]]'' (1998) was the first Indian film to enter the UK top ten.<ref name="livemint" /> A number of Indian films, such as ''Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge'' and ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham]]'' (2001), have been set in London.

Bollywood is also appreciated in France, [[Germany]], the [[Netherlands]],<ref>Francis C. Assisi. [https://www.planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=051806123941 Bollywood Culture Binds Global Indian Diaspora] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614132632/https://www.planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=051806123941 |date=14 June 2017 }}</ref> and [[Scandinavia]]. Bollywood films are dubbed in [[German language|German]] and shown regularly on the German television channel [[RTL II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041205/spectrum/main3.htm|title=Bollywood in Germany|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=5 December 2004|author=Lehmann, Ana|access-date=21 November 2008}}</ref> Germany is the second-largest European market for Indian films, after the United Kingdom. The most recognised Indian actor in Germany is Shah Rukh Khan, who has had box-office success in the country with films such as ''[[Don 2]]'' (2011)<ref name="indiatimes" /> and ''[[Om Shanti Om]]'' (2007).<ref name="dnaindia" /> He has a large German fan base,<ref name="bollywoodlife" /> particularly in [[Berlin]] (where the tabloid ''[[Die Tageszeitung]]'' compared his popularity to that of the [[pope]]).<ref name="dnaindia" />

[[File:Michelle Obama joins students for a Bollywood Dance Clinic in White House.jpg|thumb|alt=Michelle Obama dancing with a large group of people|[[Michelle Obama]] joining students for a Bollywood dance clinic with [[Nakul Dev Mahajan]] in the [[White House]] State Dining Room, 2013]]
Bollywood has experienced revenue growth in [[Canada]] and the United States, particularly in the South Asian communities of large cities such as [[Toronto]], Chicago, and New York City.<ref name="Us popularity" /> [[Yash Raj Films]], one of India's largest production houses and distributors, reported in September 2005 that Bollywood films in the United States earned about $100 million per year in theatre screenings, video sales and the sale of movie soundtracks;<ref name="Us popularity" /> Indian films earn more money in the United States than films from any other non-English speaking country.<ref name="Us popularity" /> Since the mid-1990s, a number of Indian films have been largely (or entirely) shot in New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver or Toronto. Films such as ''[[The Guru (2002 film)|The Guru]]'' (2002) and ''[[Marigold: An Adventure in India]]'' (2007) attempted to popularise Bollywood for Hollywood.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}