Monsoon Wedding Movie: First Indian movie to collect Rs.100 crores overseas
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Global appreciation for Indian films has increased over the past few years. Indian cinema is in many ways an Indian cinema viewed beyond the narrow lens of a musical and song-and-dance romantic drama. Meera Nair’s Monsoon Wedding Movie, made on a small budget of Rs 5 crore and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Shebali Shah, Vijay Raas, Dillodama Shome and Randeep Hooda, has collected 100 crores overseas.Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone among others have universal appeal. Their films are doing well not only in India but also abroad. They have a strong fan base in North America, the Middle East and even many Southeast Asian countries. In this scenario, a woman filmmaker’s film grossed 100 crores overseas without any superstars attached.The film has released more than most Indian films. The film is an international collaboration between companies based in India, USA, Italy, France and Germany.
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