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I grew up in Toronto and as long as I can remember, as long as there was cable, even those old cable boxes that were wired to the TV, there have been Bollywood movies on Toronto TV.

— Mike Myers

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Ironically, I grew up watching Indian movies as a kid in Russia. I am quite familiar with Bollywood. I grew up watching 'Disco Dancer;' I watched it some 20 times as a kid.

— Jan Koum

Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni

In India, the films are not looked upon just as entertainment. They're a way of life.

— Shah Rukh Khan

Toronto Film Festival is one of those festivals where there are 400 movies, and unless you have a distributor who is super confident and puts a lot of money into it, sometimes movies can go unwatched or unnoticed.

— Viggo Mortensen

Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local scenes. But it gradually changed over the years.

— Satyajit Ray

When I was a kid, my grandfather used to watch Bollywood films. There's a lot of colour and vibrancy to the Indian films.

— James Wan

I think the situation in Toronto is such that there are funding organizations which make it easy for a film to raise more money than it needs and very often that works against a film.

— Atom Egoyan

There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema, are exploring some really bold themes.

— Anurag Kashyap

✗Opposing Perspectives

I grew up in Malaysia, and Bollywood is really big there. As a result, I've grown up watching a lot of Hindi movies.

— Michelle Yeoh

I grew up watching Indian movies as a kid in Russia. I am quite familiar with Bollywood.

— Jan Koum