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Bollywood fix on Netflix

Water and Earth top Netflix's Bollywood list.

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Deepa Mehta’s films Water and Earth are the most
popular Bollywood movies on Netflix. Water is the only Bollywood movie to make
the Top 25 Foreign Films on Netflix, coming in at 17. Slumdog Millionaire,
which is not a Bollywood film, currently ranks 28 on Netflix’s Top 100 list.

 

Netflix,
the widely popular online DVD service boasting 10 million subscribers, added
Bollywood titles to its collection in 1999 and now carries perhaps the largest
Indian and Bollywood movie rental collection in the United States.

Here is how Netflix’s Bollywood collection stacks up:

Total Bollywood titles: 2,651

Total Foreign titles: 14,563

Total Netflix titles: 100,000+

Top 10 most popular Bollywood titles

Rank    Title
    1    Water
    2    Earth
    3    Lagaan
    4    Veer-Zaara
    5    Salaam Bombay!
    6    Jodhaa Akbar
    7    Dil Chahta Hai
    8    Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
    9    Swades
    10   Kal Ho Naa Ho: Tomorrow May Never Come

Bollywood film to make Top Foreign Film List: Water

Most popular U.S. regions for Bollywood film rentals:

New York NY
San Jose CA
Chicago    IL
Houston    TX
Fremont    CA

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