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Hollywood films are no longer needed to be translated or adapted so as to be hits in India. Since Iron Man to Avatar and Titanic to Top Gun, among others, Hollywood movies have been some of the biggest international markets in India.
The Silent Start (1940s-1980s)
The Hollywood movies have reached to India since the 1940s. They were mostly displayed in metro cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai and were made to be viewed by the English speaking English elites, expatriates and college-goers.Other popular movies then included the Ben-Hur (1959), the Ten Commandments (1956) and Gone With The Wind (1939).
The rise of video cassette culture (1980s-1990s)
Next it was the VCR period and all is different. All of a sudden, ill-gotten pirated tapes and “video libraries were distributing American blockbusters to remote places, including the small towns. Children watched Rambo, Terminator, Rocky and Bruce Lee films with grainy pictures on televisions in the living room.
Such movies were popular in India as the E.T. (1982), Jaws (1975), The Godfather (1972) and Die Hard (1988). The heroes in the English movies were Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.
Titanic (1997)
James Cameron‘s Titanic (1997) was, perhaps, the only film that really changed the stakes at Hollywood in India. Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, was first of all a blockbuster as well as a love story. It ran over 25 weeks in Indian cinemas grossing over 55 crores. This was an enormous figure then of a foreign-language film.
Popular Movies
New Indian children were introduced to British accents, flying brooms, elves and wizards in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer,s Stone (2001) and the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
The books of Harry Potter were sold out at the bookstore in India, little boys and girls were eagerly waiting on each new release day of a new movie. Its versions dubbed in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu assisted it to reach another larger number of people. In the mean time, Pirates of the Caribbean, Spider-Man and The Chronicles of Narnia were also successful among a majorly Indianized audience.
Since Iron Man (2008), “The Avengers” (2012), “Captain America: Civil War” (2016) and “Black Panther” (2018), Marvel has begun building a superhero universe. Batman, Joker, Aquaman, Fast & Furious, Transformers, Mission Impossible and John Wick are some of the other popular movies among the Indian audiences.
James Cameron came back in the year 2009 with Avatar, a 3D extravaganza, which dazzled Indians. It made 145 crores (a record back then in India) in India. Avatar: The Way of Water released in 2022 and it shattered more records as in India it collected over 390 crores. Similarly, the nostalgiac-new age thriller of Top Gun: Maverick was a success in Indian metros, even though it was a sequel to a movie released in 1986.
OTT revolution (2020 to present)
The coronavirus pandemic produced an online streaming method of watching Hollywood movies. The English movies could be accessed on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Jio Hotstar, Sony LIV at the touch of a button. Not only there are new hits but also old blockbusters movies.