Bollywood Returns To Egypt After 25 Years With Chennai Express In Arabic Titles
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Be
it
for
the
entertainment
factor
or
the
Box-Office
records,
Chennai
Express
is
one
movie
that
is
going
to
last
in
people's
minds.
Now
Chennai
Express
is
in
the
news
again
as
it
will
make
Bollywood
return
to
Egypt
after
25
years
on
Wednesday,
October
2.
Egyptians
have
so
much
love
and
affection
for
Indian
cinema
even
they
did
not
have
these
films
releasing
in
their
theatres.
"It
was
an
odd
situation.
India
is
the
world's
biggest
producer
of
feature
films;
Indian
films
are
screened
in
over
90
countries;
Egyptians
clearly
love
Indian
films.
And
yet,
they
couldn't
find
their
favourite
Indian
films
on
the
big
screen," Indian
Ambassador
Navdeep
Suri
exclaimed.
"That's
where
we
intervened
to
connect
Egyptian
distribution
channels
with
Indian
film
producers.
I
am
delighted
that
they
have
come
together
to
meet
the
demand
of
Egyptian
audiences,"
Suri
added.
Speaking
on
the
occasion,
Cairo
International
Film
Festival
President
Samir
Farid
said
Indian
cinema
has
a
long
tradition
and
that
was
reflected
in
its
global
influence.
He
further
said
that
it
was
the
right
of
Egyptian
audiences
to
have
the
opportunity
to
see
Indian
films
in
theatres.
Egyptian
actress
Aida
al-Kashef,
the
lead
actress
in
the
critically
acclaimed
Indian
movie
Ship
of
Theseus,
expressed
her
delight
at
the
development,
adding
that
working
with
an
Indian
director
for
her
movie
was
a
great
experience.
She
hoped
that
a
strong
return
by
Indian
movies
would
encourage
further
collaboration
between
Indian
and
Egyptian
film
industries.
United
Motion
Pictures,
facilitated
by
Gaurang
Films
and
the
Indian
embassy
in
Cairo,
will
release
Shahruk
Khan-Deepika
Padukone
starrer
Chennai
Express
in
Cairo
and
Alexandria.
In
the
initial
run,
the
movie
will
run
in
eight
theatres
in
Cairo
and
two
in
Alexandria,
including
all
major
theatres
and
multiplexes.
The
film
will
carry
Arabic
subtitles.
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