Why Bollywood Hasn't Matched Hollywood's Global Reach

Bloomberg Markets Thursday 08 October 2026, 09:04 UTC 1 min read

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Oct 8th, 2026 Why Bollywood Hasn't Matched Hollywood's Global Reach Bollywood makes more movies but doesn’t have the global impact of Hollywood. JioStar Vice Chairman Uday Shankar tells Bloomberg’s Haslinda Amin why it hasn’t achieved world scale, and what needs to change.

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Why Bollywood Hasn't Matched Hollywood's Global Reach

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