What’s ailing Bollywood’s string of flops?
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English - September 19, 2022 09:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 360 ratingsNews Society & Culture aj+ world journalism reporters al jazeera global news news podcasts international news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Bollywood has lost its sparkle - some 20 films that have come out this year have lost money, including movies from big names like Aamir Khan. That's said to be double the pre-pandemic failure rate. And other Indian films, particularly from the south, are coming to the fore. So what will it take to revive Bollywood fever?
In this episode:
Pavni Mittal (@pavnimittal), Al Jazeera correspondent Aseem Chhabra (@chhabs), director of New York Indian Film FestivalEpisode credits:
This episode was produced by Alexandra Locke with Ashish Malhotra, Ruby Zaman, Chloe K. Li, Amy Walters, Negin Owliaei, and Halla Mohieddeen. Alex Roldan is our sound designer. Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. We'll be back on Wednesday.
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