Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s5.t1: Chinese Films in India
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s5.t1
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Chinese Films in India
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Chinese Kung fu movies have always been a popular genre of films in India. After 1949 most of these action-packed films were produced in Hong Kong Chinese films steadily gained popularity and won critical acclaim with the audiences abroad including India. Films by Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Zhang Junzhao have received enthusiastic response from Indian audiences. Films such as *Farewell my Concubine*, *Red Sorghum*, *Ju dou* and *Raise the Red Lantern*, became household names to the enlightened Indian cinemagoers. In recent times Chinese films produced on both sides of the strait, like Ang Lee's *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* (2000) and Zhang Yimou’s *Hero* (2002), have won worldwide commercial acclaim as they have been popular with the Indian audience. Yimou was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th Mumbai Film Festival in 2012. Ang Lee’s latest film *Life of Pi*, released in 2012, has a predominantly Indian cast, including the one in the central role of the film and is shot in locations in south India.
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*Shiva drinking wine, painted by Nandalal Bose*
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Indian language poster of the film, 'Zodiac'
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(*Sabaree Mitra*)