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Hindi film distribution circuits

Hindi film distribution circuits comprises territories which have been created by film distributors for releasing Hindi cinema or Hindustani cinema (as it was earlier known) across India. The six distribution circuits were created in 1930s after the advent of the first talkie in 1931. These circuits were:[1][2][3]

Hindi films distribution circuit
  • Bombay circuit
  • Eastern circuit
  • Delhi-U.P. circuit,
  • C.P.-C.I.-Rajasthan circuit
  • Punjab circuit
  • South circuit

Presently territories for distribution of Hindi films are divided into eleven territories. These are.[4]

Circuit name Comprising territories
Bombay circuit Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Goa, Mumbai and parts of Maharashtra and parts of Karnataka. (comprises areas that formed the erstwhile Bombay State and Portuguese-ruled colonies)
Delhi circuit Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Nizam circuit Telangana, parts of Maharashtra and parts of Karnataka. (Comprises areas that formed the erstwhile Nizam State)
East Punjab circuit Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Punjab,
Eastern circuit Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal. As well as Bhutan and Nepal.
C. P. Berar circuit Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, Southern and Eastern Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. (Comprises areas that formed the erstwhile Central Provinces and Berar)
Central India circuit Northern and Western Madhya Pradesh.
Rajasthan circuit Rajasthan
Mysore circuit Bengaluru and parts of Karnataka (Comprises areas that formed the erstwhile Mysore State)
Tamil Nadu circuit Lakshadweep, Kerala, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu
Andhra circuit Andhra Pradesh

Amongst the above territories Bombay circuit is considered by the distributors as having potential for maximum earnings.[1] An additional territory known as overseas territory also exists.[5] However, Hindi movies in Nepal & Bhutan are released by distributors through the Eastern circuit.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Tejaswini Ganti (2012), Producing Bollywood: Inside the Contemporary Hindi Film Industry, Duke University press, p. 187, ISBN 978-0822352136
  2. ^ BOX OFFICE IN INDIA EXPLAINED
  3. ^ Ashok Mittal (2003), Cinema Industry in India: Pricing and Taxation, Indus Publishing Company, p. 55, ISBN 81-7387-023-3
  4. ^ Edited by Gulzar, Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee (2003), Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema, Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd. & Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., p. 146, ISBN 81-7991-066-0 {{citation}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Tejaswini Ganti (2004), Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema, Routledge, p. 58, ISBN 0-415-28854-1

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