Trump’s decision to impose 100% tariff on non-U.S. movies will impact revenue of Indian films in U.S. market, says Producers Guild of India

The Indian diaspora in the U.S. spent roughly $100 million a yr to watch Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali and different Indian language movies launched in U.S., stated, Producers Guild of India on Monday (May 5, 2025).
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The Indian diaspora in the U.S. spent roughly $100 million a yr to watch Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali and different Indian language movies launched in Uncle Sam’s nation, stated, Producers Guild of India on Monday (May 5, 2025) in its response to Donald Trump’s decision to impose 100% tariff on non-U.S. movies.

Indians are the biggest single-origin Asian group in the U.S., at some 5.2 million, accounting for 1.6% of the nation’s complete inhabitants.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 100% Tariff on function films made exterior of the U.S. has dampened the spirit of Bollywood and relaxation of the cinema fraternity throughout the nation.

Shibasish Sarkar, President, Producers Guild of India instructed The Hindu that: “President Trump’s 100% tariff will impact any revenue which Indian films generate in the U.S. market. Indian films do approximately $100 million annually. Definitely there will be impact in footfall if ticket prices go up and it will also cut into the share of producers.”

According to Mr. Sarkar, not solely theatrical however every other streams of revenue or enterprise coming from digital or satellite tv for pc or every other platforms of revenue or enterprise from U.S. will be impacted.

Telugu instructions the biggest share of Indian movies launched in the U.S., adopted by Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi and all main Indian languages films have theatrical and other forms of releases in the U.S.

Ashish Kulkarni, an AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics) trade knowledgeable and founder of Pune-based manufacturing home, Screenyug Creations stated such unreasonable hike in tariff was fairly unfair and one shouldn’t deprive the Indian diaspora of the delicate energy (leisure content material) of their origin nation.

“Under such a high tariff regime, all channels of movie showing and movie viewing will be impacted and become more costly. It will overall increase the cost of content consumption for the Indian diaspora,” added Mr. Kulkarni.