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==== 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>
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