School exams are over and Hollywood's summer blockbusters are typically still a couple of months away, making it the perfect time to release India's big spring flicks. Instead, the coronavirus pandemic has brought the world's most prolific film industry to a halt. The pandemic has likely cost India's film industry more than $330 million in lost box office revenue and canceled production shoots, according to Komal Nahta, a film trade analyst and television host of "ETC Bollywood Business." An image from the Indian film "83," the story of India's cricket World Cup victory in 1983. That was more than any other country's film industry that year.

Source: CNN May 07, 2020 05:03 UTC