Has Bollywood breached the Great Wall?

Huan Xiangyang was 11 when he gathered with hundreds of his compatriots in an open ground in China to watch the Raj Kapoor classic Awaara. This was in 1979. China was still reeling from the excesses of the Cultural Revolution. The Chinese were starved of social and cultural stimulus and eager to control unrest, the government decided to open up the economy. Awaara, released in India in 1951, was one of the first foreign films allowed in. It was a massive hit with approximately 30 million

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