Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.117

v2.c11.117

In 1951, due to the outstanding performance of the actor Raj Kapoor, the film *Awaara* adapted from Abbas’s screenplay gained unprecedented success in the Soviet Union and other countries. In 1952, Abbas visited China. And in 1955, Raj Kapoor led an Indian film delegation to China. After dubbed into Chinese, *Awaara* caused a great sensation in China. The theme music *Awara Hun* immediately became popular in China, and is still popular among Chinese people even now. The film *Song of the Road* produced by Satyajit Ray was introduced in China in 1955. In 1970s, Indian films disappeared from [Figure: (Left) A still shot from the Chinese movie 'Baimao nu' (Right) A Chinese Hong Kong film 'The Shaolin Temple']