Overview

• India's acute shortage of cinema screens, with only 10,000 nationwide, is limiting box-office potential, with just 5,000 screens available for Hindi films.
• Aamir Khan highlighted that only 2% of India's population watches blockbuster films in theatres, underscoring the need for infrastructure investment in underserved regions.
• Shah Rukh Khan called for simpler, cheaper theatres in smaller towns to increase accessibility for a wider audience at affordable rates.
• Hollywood producer Charles Roven and Indian producer Dinesh Vijan stressed the importance of building global distribution networks to expand Indian cinema's reach beyond domestic markets.
• Aamir Khan proposed organic Indo-China film collaborations, noting shared cultural values and the potential to engage half the world's population through joint productions.