Make a guess! What would be the largest movie industry on planet Earth???
Bingo... It's "Bollywood"! Those who answered Hollywood missed the point just a bit.
Let me give you some quick facts about this booming movie industry.
- On average, Hollywood produces 500 films a year with an audience of 2.6 billion whilst Bollywood clocks about 1000 films per year with 3-billion audience.
- Though it out beats Hollywood by figures in terms of films produced and audience, Bollywood still couldn't have the revenues as strong as Hollywood which has about $51 billion. Meanwhile, Bollywood is thriving with about $1.3 billion!
- Another factor to consider is that Bollywood stars are nowadays getting recognition from all over the world more than ever in its history.
Wanna go a little deeper? Right on.....
- Shah Rukh Khan, aka King of Bollywood, recounted his experience to Berlin: “I got so much love from the crowd. There were hardly any Asian faces there and yet, there were rows and rows of people waiting to meet me.”
- Hrithik Roshan, aka Heartthrob of Bollywood, has a fan base in Indonesia, Myanmar, South Africa, U.A.E, the Netherlands and Belgium.
- Aishwarya Rai, one of the few "Queens of Bollywood", is well known as "traffic stopper". Funny, huh? She once caused a traffic jam of about a mile in Dubai when she was on a shooting. A fan of hers from Denmark sent her Rs 26 lakhs as a gift in an envelope with her house address written on it! Quite a big fan, i must say, lol.
