Indian Diaspora in the US spent about $ 100 million per year to release Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali and other Indian language films in the US, on Monday (May 5, 2025), the producer of India said. , Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre
In the US, the Indian Diaspora spent nearly $ 100 million per year to watch Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali and Uncle Sam to watch other Indian language films released in the country, on Monday (May 5, 2025) asked the producer of India for India to impose 100% Tariff on non-education films of Donald Trump.
1.6%of the Indian country’s total population, about 5.2 million, is the largest single -origin Asian Asian group in the US.
US President Donald Trump’s announcement of 100% tariff on feature films made outside the US has reduced the spirit of Bollywood and the rest of the cinema fraternity across the country.
Shibashish Sarkar, Chairman, Producer Guild of India told Hindu This: “100% tariff of President Trump will affect any revenue that produces Indian films in the American market. Indian films do about $ 100 million annually. Surely if ticket prices rise, it will definitely have an impact in footfall and it will also cut the share of producers.”
According to Shri Sarkar, not only dramatic but digital or satellite will affect any other stream of revenue or business or any other platform of revenue or business from the US.
Telugu is the biggest stake of Indian films released in America, followed by Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi and all major Indian languages ​​in America and other types of release in America.
Ashish Kulkarni, an AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics) industry expert and founder of Pune -based Production House, Screen Creations said that such an inappropriate growth in the tariff was quite unfair and no one should deprive Indian migrants to the soft power (entertainment material) of their native country.
“Under such a high tariff regime, all channels of moving and moving will be affected and more expensive. It will increase the cost of consumption of material for Indian migrants overall,” said Mr. Kulkarni.
Published – May 06, 2025 06:59 PM IST
