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Grim plot twist for Bollywood

By Joe Leahy in Colombo

Published: May 4 2009 18:47 | Last updated: May 4 2009 18:47

India’s Bollywood film business is facing its own version of a horror movie as it reels from a crash in the price of film rights, competition from cricket broadcasts and a dispute with multiplex operators.

Ronnie Screwvala, chief executive officer of UTV Motion PicturesGetty
Ronnie Screwvala says nobody is buying content
Acting stars in the world’s most prolific movie-making industry have seen their fees plunge by up to 80 per cent from the peaks they reached last year, leading producers say.

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