However, it was the pirate market that introduced 3 Idiots to most Chinese audiences, becoming a cult hit in the country. When 3 Idiots released in China, the country was only the 15th largest film market, partly due to China's widespread pirate DVD distribution at the time.
His Academy Award nominated Lagaan (2001) became the first Indian film to have a nationwide release there. After Indian films declined in the country, it took decades before Tahir Hussain's son Aamir Khan opened up the Chinese market for Indian films in the early 21st century. In China, some of the Indian films to gain commercial success there during the 1970s–1980s included Awaara, Tahir Hussain's Caravan (1971), Noorie (1979), and Disco Dancer. See also: List of highest-grossing films in China Naseeruddin Shah starrer Monsoon Wedding (2001) followed by Aamir Khan starrer 3 Idiots (2009) in 2011. In 2000, the overseas export market for Indian films was worth $100 million annually. Shah Rukh Khan starrer Dil Se (1998) was the first Indian film to enter the United Kingdom's top 10 box office charts. Afterwards, Indian films followed a trend of releasing worldwide with an increasing number of screens. After some overseas success from the Shah Rukh Khan starrer Darr (1993) and the Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan starrer Hum Aapke Hain Koun.! (1994), the breakthrough came with Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), starring Shah Rukh Khan as an NRI. The diaspora market began in the early 1990s, with the popularity of Shah Rukh Khan largely credited for starting the trend of Indian films targeting overseas NRI audiences. Since the 1990s, the largest overseas market for Indian cinema has been the South Asian diaspora. The decline of Russian cinema in the post-Soviet era led to Indian films largely disappearing from Russian cinemas by the mid-1990s. However, the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, bringing an end to Indian cinema's largest overseas market at the time. Indian films were very popular in Russia at the time, routinely opening to packed houses. In terms of footfalls, the only Indian films estimated to have sold 100 million tickets overseas were Awaara and Disco Dancer in the Soviet Union. The highest-grossing Indian film in the Soviet Union was Disco Dancer (1982), written by Rahi Masoom Raza and starring actor Mithun Chakraborty. Indian films were routinely released with hundreds of prints in the Soviet Union, with the most popular Indian films releasing with more than a thousand prints there. Among the foreign films that sold more than 20 million tickets in the Soviet Union, 50 were Indian films, the highest from any nation, compared to 41 Hollywood films. 300 Indian films were released in the Soviet Union, most of which were Bollywood films.
Indian films had the strongest presence in the Soviet foreign blockbuster charts for four decades.
After Dharti Ke Lal, the first Indian film to become a blockbuster at the Soviet box office was Awaara (1951), directed by Raj Kapoor and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, released in the Soviet Union in 1954. Up until the 1980s, the largest overseas market for Indian films was the Soviet Union. See also: List of highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union Mehboob Khan's later Academy Award nominated Mother India (1957) was an unprecedented success in overseas markets, including Europe, Russia, the Eastern Bloc, French territories, and Latin America. It was subtitled in 17 languages and released in 28 countries, including the United Kingdom, United States, France, and Japan, earning a considerable profit from overseas. The first Indian film to have a worldwide release in many countries was Aan (1952), directed by Mehboob Khan, and starring Dilip Kumar and Nimmi. It was released in the Soviet Union in 1949. The first Indian film to have a commercial release in an overseas territory was Dharti Ke Lal (1946), directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and based on the Bengal famine of 1943. 3 Overseas gross adjusted for inflation.
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