Ulf Dalquist wrote: > Oops! I guess I was a bit unclear. Yes, India is the biggest film producer > as far as I know. US films are *slightly* more spread outside their coutry > of origin than Indian films, though. Depends on what exactly one considers as "more spread". Indian films are fairly well spread in Asia (and, as far as I know, had some viewership in Eastern European countries/the former Soviet Union, at least before '89, no recent data available to me), the Gulf Region and, if I am not mistaken, Northern Africa. They are also spread amongst Indian communities in Britain, the U.S. or Japan. Comparing circulation in terms of viewership could be misleading, because a considerable part of Indian film circulation is done via (sometimes legal, sometimes illegal) video-rentals. But of course, if one considers "large circulation" to mean "seen by different audiences in different countries with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds", I guess the US would be the top. What I would like to know, additionally, is to what extent US-films are now present in the Indian market. As far as I know, the dubbing of American films into Hindi (let alone other Indian languages) is quite a recent phenomenon, and I am curious how far it extends nowadays, and whether the "local" film-industry has responded to this potential commercial challenge in some way or another. Birgit Kellner Department for Indian Philosophy University of Hiroshima ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]