
India's Growing Soft Power: Seven Films, One Festival, and a 75-Year Love Story Between Indian Cinema and China
A 1951 Bollywood song has been sung by generations of Chinese audiences who may not understand Hindi but understand exactly what it means. The same country that loves Awaara also selected a record seven Indian films for its most prestigious film festival in 2026 — including one in contention for the Golden Goblet. Indian cinema's relationship with China is older than either country's film industry relationship with Hollywood.








