And most of these are Hindi films, meaning Bollywood holds an outsized influence on the country’s culture, identity and economy.
A screengrab from the 2022 Bollywood film "The Kashmir Files."
CNN reached out to several people from the film industry for this story, some of whom declined to be interviewed due to sensitivities around the topic.
It encouraged some Bollywood filmmakers to “(lean) into the caricature of the Muslim villain,” he says.
These films are growing fast; outside Bollywood, earnings from the South Indian media and entertainment industry have nearly doubled year on year, according to a 2023 report by the Confederation of Indian Industry.
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