Pan-Indian film

Pan-Indian film
Years active2015–present
LocationIndia
Major figuresS. S. Rajamouli
Prashanth Neel
InfluencedCinema of India

Pan-Indian film is a term related to Indian cinema that originated with Telugu cinema as a mainstream commercial cinema appealing to audiences across the country with a spread to world markets.[1][2] S. S. Rajamouli pioneered the pan-Indian films movement with duology of epic action films Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), that changed the demography of Indian cinema.[3][4][5][6]

The term "pan-Indian film" is used for a film that is simultaneously marketed and released in multiple languages across India – Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.[7] Such films make an attempt to appeal to the audiences across the country, cutting across the linguistic, regional and cultural barriers.[8]

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