Not saying that Bollywood is very popular, but some movies did get popular. Dangal was the biggest but not the only one. 3 Idiots and PK was also quite popular.China like Dangal,since china is a very family oriented in culture but saying china like Bollywood is utter mis leading. And china like amir khan because of dangal.
In weibo,douyin and in chinese internet as a whole, bollywood have almost zero presence, you can say china like kpop,kdrama,jdrama,japanese anime,korean webtoon, chinese internet is stacked with those in sns or in streaming sites ,but bollywood is almost zero in presence.
The Bollywood movie like dangal lucked out due to China allowing the screening of Indian movies as mean for national interaction based on art,china don't even allow korean and japanese movies to screen in China .Random bollywood movies get screened in china ,since it doesn't appeal to chinese, 99% are flop for chinese box-office standard,dangal out of 775879897080 bollywood movies that have got screened, just happen to click very well with chinese society with one child policy where daughters are expected to carry the burden of family name.
China had little cliche like following for bollywood some years back when it was very poor and k/jentertainment hadn't penetrated too deep due to lack of internet,but as china get more and more wealthy ,refined in culture and modern in outlook,that little cliche has almost disappeared.
Below are top 5 highest grossing bollywood movies in China.
Highest Grossing Bollywood Movies In China – FilmiBeat
Surprisingly, Bollywood movies have been performing well in China since 2010. Some of them even crossed the 500-crore mark. Check out the list of highest grossing Bollywood movies In China.
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