HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Why 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' is a big hit in UK29th Sept 2006 14.01 IST By Agencies According to a report in 'The Times', Bollywood films like Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna , are grossing more money in Britain than UK-made productions The report adds that many movies are being shot in UK and also in US to make them more relevant to South Asians living there. 
According to the report, 69 Bollywood films have been released in the UK and 14 productions financed by Indian film industry are being shot in London. In the five weeks since its UK release, 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' has grossed more than 2 million pounds - the same as 'Vera Drake,' the British film showered with Bafta awards and Oscar nominations, since it appeared 14 months ago. Indian producers now regard overseas sales as more lucrative than their home market, the report said. The three largest multiplex chains - Odeon, Vue Cinemas and Cineworld -routinely screen Hindi films that appear in the UK's top 15 films lists. In contrast, hardly any Bollywood films were released in Britain ten years ago. Lucy Jones of Nielsen EDI, which measures box office performance in 14 countries, told the daily: "It's a recent development. Bollywood is not just a specialist cinema any more." Until recently, India was regarded as the prime market, with overseas takings as the icing on the cake. Now that position has been reversed. Productions are increasingly being filmed in Britain and America to make them more relevant to South Asians who live there. Pranab Kapadia, UK head of Adlabs Films, said: "More and more Indian producers are looking at the potential of this market. They are gearing the productions to suit the South Asian international palette - films which people living here can relate to." (The picture shows Amitabh Bachchan in a still from 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna'). Related Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Amitabh Bachchan | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Shahrukh Khan to make a superhero film ~ Minissha Lamba does 'Maxim'um exposure in bikini ~ Amitabh Bachchan – a fighter in health and sickness ~ Amitabh Bachchan hospitalized on his 66th birthday ~ Preity Zinta played cupid for Isha Koppikar ~ Mallika Sherawat to play oomph diva from south ~ 'Fashion is the emotional journey of a model' ~ Hello – Movie Review ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Amitabh Bachchan to stay in hospital for 2-3 days ~ Amitabh Bachchan to return as a game show host ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Hello, Drona, Kidnap, Welcome To Sajjanpur, Hulla, The Last Lear, 1920, Saas Bahu Aur Sensex, Ru-Ba-Ru, A Wednesday, Rock On, Phoonk, Chamku, Dostana , Heroes , Karzzzz , Golmaal Returns MUSIC Drona , Kidnap celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Koel Purie | Shahana Goswami | Adah Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | more... POPULAR WALLPAPERS Katrina Kaif wallpapers | Deepika Padukone wallpapers | Salman Khan wallpapers | Aishwarya Rai wallpapers | Shahrukh Khan wallpapers | Akshay Kumar wallpapers | Kareena Kapoor wallpapers | Ranbir Kapoor wallpapers | Priyanka Chopra wallpapers | Kajol wallpapers | Mallika Sherawat wallpapers | Rani Mukherjee wallpapers | Hrithik Roshan wallpapers | Vidya Balan wallpapers | Amrita Rao wallpapers | Genelia D'Souza wallpapers | Sneha Ullal wallpapers | Riya Sen wallpapers | Preity Zinta wallpapers | Bipasha Basu wallpapers | Minissha Lamba wallpapers | Ayesha Takia wallpapers | Imran Khan wallpapers | Nigar Khan wallpapers | John Abraham wallpapers | Sherlyn Chopra wallpapers MOVIE TRAILERS & VIDEOS Dostana trailers | Drona trailers | Kidnap trailers | Hello trailers | Fashion trailers | EMI trailers | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi trailers | Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai trailers | Aashayein trailers | Paathshaala trailers | Toonpur Ka Superhero trailers | Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi trailers | Rang Rasiya trailers | Chal Chala Chal trailers | Heroes trailers | Karzz trailers | Horn Ok Please trailers | Golmaal Returns trailers | Ghajini trailers | Yuvvraaj trailers | Kambakth Ishq trailers | Dil Kabaddi trailers | Billoo Barber trailers | | 
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