With its song-and-dance idiom, Bollywood has long been the symbol of popular Indian cinema, both at home and abroad.
But a little known fact is that south India's Hyderabad-based Telugu film industry is much more prolific than Bollywood. It also routinely churns out more expensive films than its Mumbai counterpart.
A good case in point is Baahubali, a $39m (£25m) Telugu-language film, which has made headlines for being India's most expensive film.
Directed by SS Rajamouli, the film, originally shot in the south Indian language Telugu, and dubbed in a number of other languages, set the box office on fire when it opened on Friday.
So why has the film worked? One reason could be hype and scale. Full story...
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But a little known fact is that south India's Hyderabad-based Telugu film industry is much more prolific than Bollywood. It also routinely churns out more expensive films than its Mumbai counterpart.
A good case in point is Baahubali, a $39m (£25m) Telugu-language film, which has made headlines for being India's most expensive film.
Directed by SS Rajamouli, the film, originally shot in the south Indian language Telugu, and dubbed in a number of other languages, set the box office on fire when it opened on Friday.
So why has the film worked? One reason could be hype and scale. Full story...
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