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Auckland given a taste of Bollywood as southern India's version comes to town

May 4, 2019

“Kollywood” is fast taking the world by storm.

Bollywood might be the most famous of the high-energy cinematic productions to come out of India, but the rise of southern India's "Kollywood" is taking the world by storm.

Today, Aucklanders got a small taste of what it's like to be part of an imaginary Kollywood blockbuster.

1 NEWS' Chris Chang went along to check out the fun in the video above.

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