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Bollywood in Berkeley

Published February 15, 2013

American audiences love India’s Bollywood cinema. India’s biggest film chain now has 18 theaters in the U.S., with 181 screens, and 70% of Bollywood’s foreign income comes from North American theaters. And on college campuses across America, competitive Bollywood dance teams hit the stage to perform sappy, overacted Bollywood movie scenes - for prizes and fame. Lonny Shavelson explains