‘I Watched Dangal, Liked The Movie And Its Actors’ Says Chinese President Xi Jinping To PM Modi
Nitesh Tiwari’s directorial Dangal has stormed the box office with its innumerable Rs 1800 crores. The movie’s totally collections were Rs 800 crores till its release in China, and things went beyond imagination once after the movie hit the theaters in China.
Even the Chinese President Xi Jinping today told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he watched Aamir Khan– starrer sports drama Bollywood film Dangal and liked the movie and its actors. Dangal, which was released in China on May 5, has broken several records in the Chinese movie industry and raked up over Rs 1,100 crore in China alone.
Dangal is now the 33rd film in China to cross a whopping collection of one billion yuan (USD 147 million). It continues to play in over 7,000 screens across China.
“President Xi, in fact, spoke very highly of Indian films. He said that Dangal was doing particularly well and that he himself has actually seen it,” Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said after the talks between the two leaders on the sidelines of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), where India and Pakistan today became full members of the grouping.
Jaishankar then added that the President has said that he liked the actors as well.
The movie’s lead actor Aamir Khan had recently said he hoped the film would be loved in China but never dreamt of such a spectacular success. “I always believe that language is not a barrier when it comes to creative endeavors and its success in China has proved that,” Aamir was quoted saying.
Jaishankar said both Modi and Xi also deliberated on enhancing cultural cooperation between the two countries. Xi also talked about upcoming Yoga Day celebrations in his country.