While they\u2019re not celebrating \u2018successful\u2019 hydrogen bomb tests, North Koreans are apparently watching Bollywood hits like Baahubali, Bajirao Mastani and Krrish.<\/p>\n
The Pyongyang International Film Festival, which celebrated its first year of existence in 1987, has had a long history of screening Indian films.<\/p>\n
Their website which compiles a list of films screened at biannual event – mentions Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Hrithik Roshan\u2019s Krrish as having been screened at the 2014 edition in the Informative Screening category, while Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone\u2019s Ram Leela, and Sunny Deol\u2019s Singh Saab the Great were screened in competition the same year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a very positive way of cultural engagement and showing North Korean citizens another view on the world,\u201d Nicholas Bonner, a China-based filmmaker who helps \u201ccoordinate foreign films shown\u201d at the festival told. \u201cThe audiences love them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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