By the 1960s, East Africa was one of the largest overseas export markets for Indian films, accounting for about 20-50% of global earnings for many Indian films. In the 1950s, Bollywood and Egyptian films were generally more popular than Hollywood films in East Africa. Mehboob Khan's later Academy Award nominated Mother India (1957) was an unprecedented success in overseas markets, including Europe, Russia, the Eastern Bloc, French territories, and Latin America. It was subtitled in 17 languages and released in 28 countries, including the United Kingdom, United States, France, and Japan, earning a considerable profit from overseas.
The first Indian film to have a worldwide release in many countries was Aan (1952), directed by Mehboob Khan, and starring Dilip Kumar and Nimmi. It was released in the Soviet Union in 1949. The first Indian film to have a commercial release in an overseas territory was Dharti Ke Lal (1946), directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and based on the Bengal famine of 1943. China, India's geographic neighbour and the world's second largest film market (after the United States), has also seen growing success for Indian films since the beginning of the 21st century. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the most significant market has been the South Asian diaspora. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Indian film industry also expanded in East Africa, which, after the Soviet Union, accounted for one of the largest shares of overseas revenues. gaining considerable success and occasionally leading to Indian-Soviet co-productions. At the time, the most significant market for Indian films was the Soviet Union.
Some of these have had significant commercial success and been nominated for awards.Īlthough the first Indian film to have worldwide released was from 1952 ( Aan, directed by Mehboob Khan), Indian films mostly saw success in a few regions. Indian films have been released in overseas markets since the latter half of the 1940s.
For a list of highest-grossing Indian films worldwide, see List of highest-grossing Indian films.
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