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‘The Romantics’ Director on #BoycottBollywood Trolls, ‘Pathaan’ Success: ‘Our Love for the Movies Never Went Away’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Naman Ramachandran Smriti Mundhra, director of hit Netflix documentary series “The Romantics,” has said that the success of her show and of Shah Rukh Khan’s “Pathaan” proves that audiences continue loving Bollywood.

The star-studded, four-part series features 35 leading voices of the Hindi-language film industry and dives into the history of Bollywood through the lens of the studio Yash Raj Films’ impact over the past 50 years in making the industry globally known.

It bowed on Netflix on Feb. 14 and quickly entered the top 10 charts in nine countries. A few days earlier, Yash Raj Films’ “Pathaan,” Khan’s comeback film, had a roaring debut and has grossed $125 million so far.

The film and series reversed a two-year trend on social media where the Hindi film industry was trolled with the BoycottBollywood hashtag. “After a dark period defined by bad faith attacks and global uncertainty around the theatrical business, it is amazing to see audiences embracing Bollywood again.

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