Aamir
Khan's
blockbuster
hit
PK
is
expected
release
in
China
which
has
emerged
as
a
major
box
office
earner
in
recent
years
rivalling
Hollywood
and
Bollywood.
An
agreement
for
the
release
of
the
Chinese
version
is
due
to
be
signed
in
Beijing
in
the
next
three
days
making
it
perhaps
the
first
Indian
film
to
get
a
release
in
China
this
year.
There
are
expectations
that
Beijing
may
permit
more
Indian
films
considering
the
improvement
in
relations,
especially
on
the
cultural
front
between
the
two
countries.
Currently
only
34
foreign
films
are
permitted
in
China
every
year.
Most
of
that
quota
is
grabbed
by
top
Hollywood
films.
An
agreement
for
the
release
of
the
PK
was
expected
to
be
signed
in
Beijing
next
week.
Aamir
is
perhaps
the
most
well
known
of
Indian
film
stars
in
China
in
recent
years
as
his
previous
film
3
Idiots
was
a
massive
success
in
China.
The
Chinese
patrons
of
the
film
expect
PK
to
replicate
the
success
of
3
Idiots
which
resonated
well
with
the
audience
there.
PK
is
getting
released
at
a
time
when
India
is
trying
to
carve
out
a
bigger
space
in
China's
lucrative
film
industry
which
raked
up
USD
4.84
billion
in
box
office
revenue
last
year.
China
has
built
1,015
cinemas
and
added
5,397
screens
last
year,
bringing
the
total
number
of
screens
to
23,600.
Officials
say
there
is
a
favourable
environment
between
the
two
countries
as
Ministry
of
Information
and
Broadcasting
and
China's
State
Administration
of
Press,
Publication,
Radio,
Film
and
TV,
(SAPPRFT)
signed
an
agreement
during
Chinese
President
Xi
Jinping's
visit
to
India
last
year
to
allow
joint
productions
with
joint
investments.
After
that,
prominent
film
production
firms
of
India
and
China
announced
their
first
joint
venture
to
produce
a
new
co-production
called
Kung
Fu
Yoga
which
was
expected
to
feature
top
films
actors
like
Jackie
Chan.