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Who is the “Big Spender” - Films. Sports. Politics ?

So, Who is the “BIG Spender” - Films. Sports. Politics ? Films. Sports. Politics. These are the common threads that can tie all of us together in India, regardless of "contrarian" disposition towards these fields, and their diversity - geographical, linguistical, ethnical, religion, cast and socioeconomic status. Everyone could be a biggest fan and the best critique of these public interest activities. Films  Cinema has a universal appeal in India. Across classes, castes, age groups. Indian film industry’s annual turnover for 2017 was estimated at Rs.15600 crore. Growing roughly at 10% pa, the industry would reach turnover of Rs. 17000 Crore. Cumulative turnover for the last five years would be Rs 60,000 crore + (USD 9 bn).       If you consider that, 75% of this amount was collected at box office, it would translate in a cool Rs. 45,000 Cr (USD 7 bn) inflows from the Indian public.  खेलता है इंडिया, शान से  - Sports i...