Have southern films outsmarted Bollywood? Pushpa’s chin-wipe has cast a spell across the world, as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films sweep aside Bollywood’s carefully manicured reputations, budgets and delusions of invincibility.
30 May 2022
It appears Bollywood can no longer hold a candle to Tollywood (Telugu), Mollywood (Malayalam), Kollywood (Tamil) and Sandalwood (Kannada), after recent box office hits RRR, KGF: Chapter 2, and Pushpa have won audiences with socio-political themes, women protagonists and slick action.
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