Shah Rukh Khan comes to German living rooms
July 29, 2016
India's film industry is one of the largest in the world, churning out some 2,000 movies every single year. That includes Bollywood movies from Hindi-speaking Mumbai. German TV occasionally airs the epics, so many people in the country will have seen Bollywood superstars like Shah Rukh Khan.
On Friday, one of India's largest networks - Zee.One - launched in Germany. It's 24-hour program consists mainly of Bollywood films.
Bollywood has for years tried to get a greater foothold on foreign markets, hoping to win new audiences. Zee.One director Friederike Behrends believes the new concept will be successful in Germany. Indian film has a lot to offer, she told the DPA news agency: "That's what we want to show the German audience."
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