Lights, camera, Covid: pandemic forces India’s moviemakers to look beyond Europe, US for places to shoot

India produces more films each year than any other country on Earth – over 2,400 in 2019, according to the Central Board of Film Certification – and just as with the latest Hollywood blockbusters, big-budget Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil films are nowadays sure to feature at least some scenes shot in a foreign country.For decades, Europe was the destination of choice for Indian movie moguls like the late Yash Chopra, who shot so many films in Switzerland that he was credited with boosting tourism to…

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