UK recasts itself as Bollywood backdrop, turning away from Hollywood

Blockbuster producer Yash Raj Films due to make 3 movies in Britain next year

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with Bollywood actor Rani Mukerji during a visit to Yash Raj Films in Mumbai in October. © Reuters

CHRIS DORRELL

LONDON -- Britain's film industry is increasingly looking to swap Hollywood for Bollywood, as it tries to diversify investment away from the U.S., with Indian filmmakers also hoping to tap the U.K.'s large diaspora.

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