Soon, Aamir-Katrina starrer Dhoom 3 to storm China
BEIJING: Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif are soon coming at movie theatres in China.
In a rare commercial release of an Indian film here, “Dhoom 3”, Aamir-Katrina blockbuster is slated to be released in China on July 25.The release was confirmed by the state-run Xinhua news agency after it released four photographs of the movie including one of the official posters with Khan on it.
It’s not yet clear how many screens across China the film will be released in. Hollywood Reporter claimed that at 2,000 screens, the movie is slated to get the widest-ever release for an Indian movie in China.
Interestingly, Dhoom 3, it is learnt, is not being released under the quota system that China has for foreign movies; only 34 foreign movies can be released every year after being censored by the government. The slots are mainly booked by big-ticket Hollywood released.
Instead, the movie has been imported by the China Film Group, the state-run film enterprise in the Communist Party of China (CPC)-ruled country. Dubbed in Chinese, the movie’s name in the local language is Huan Ying Che Shen, which could be roughly translated in English as masters of light, speed and cars; the tagline talks about magic, stealing and passion. Among the other Hindi movies to have had limited release in China are Lagaan, My Name is Khan and second film of Hrithikstarrer, Krish franchise.But it is Raj Kapoor’s Awara which continues to be fondly remembered by old-timers because of its intrinsic message of socialism. It’s not uncommon for elderly taxi drivers to begin humming its title tune “Aware Hoon” in Chinese if the passenger is recognised as Indian. Whether Dhoom 3 can leave a similar memory trail remains to be seen.