MARRAKECH (Morocco), Dec 5:

Indian cinema came to Morocco in the 1940s, even before television arrived in the North African nation.

Nearly a century later, the largest film-producing country’s long-lasting love story with audiences in Morocco continues, surviving the onslaught of Hollywood, small screen, and streaming.

Blockbuster Indian films from the then Bombay (now Mumbai) were first screened in major Moroccan cities like Casablanca, Marrakech, and Tangier in the late 1940s. The Moroccan audiences quickly embraced the songs and dances of the Hindi movies, making Hindi cinema a part of the country’s popular culture.

According to Moroccan film industry veterans, the early Hindi films were part of the movie package offered by film distributors in Egypt — the African and Middle East re

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