Which countries watch bollywood movies besides India?
Pakistan is the biggest market in terms of footfalls for bollywood movies.Other than Pakistan,bollywood movies are watched in Bangladesh,Nepal,Myanmar mostly through pirated DVDs.Outside the subcontinent,UAE and few other gulf countries are a big market.Most medium to big films release here in theatres.Apart from Gulf,USA,UK,Canada,Australia and New Zealand are the places where bollywood movies find theatrical releases.Some big movies also release in Malaysia.For ex:Films of superstars like SRK,Akshay,Salman,Aamir,Hrithik these find a theatrical release in malaysia.China is the new territory which can be explored further.3 Idiots was a huge success here and made Aamir Khan the only recognizable indian actor there.Hence,PK became a huge success there.SRK's Happy New Year was also released there but it could'nt find audience for it. It was a disaster there.Also China has restrictions over the number of foreign films releasing in their country.They only allow 36 films of foreign origin a year,out of which 25 hollywood films releases.Hong Kong and Japan are few other territories where bollywood films have released.SRK's Om Shanti Om and Rab Ne Bana Di jodi,Aamir's Dhoom 3 and 3 idiots,Sridevi's English vinglish found a release in Japan. Aamir's PK is currently playing in Hong Kong theatres and doing well. Apart from these,there are some circuits which were'nt thought of being explored say about a 8yrs ago.These countries include Turkey(Aamir has great following in this country),Romania,Germany.Here are some of the bollywood movie posters when they released in foreign theatres.BARFI Russian Poster::BARFI Turkish Poster:Ek Tha Tiger,3 Idiots and Don 2 Japanese posters::Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi japanese poster:Om Shanti Om Japanse poster:English Vinglish and Dhoom 3 Japanese posters:English Vinglish German and Romanian Posters:PK Chinese and Hong Kong Posters:KICK Polish poster:Apart from the theatrical releases,people who have a fascination towards bollywood watch these movies through internet with subtitles.Here's hoping that Bollywood movies captivate the audiences worldwide and the market only grows from here on.