Roshan plays one of the sons in the blockbuster

This year the Indian film industry has suffered a string of flops, with only two big hits in Lagaan and Gadar.

Lagaan is set in the 19th Century and tells the story of a group of peasants who challenge their British colonial oppressors to a game of cricket in order to escape a punitive tax.

It includes UK actors alongside Indian star Aamir Khan, won an award at this year's Locarno film festival in Switzerland.

India has entered it for the best foreign language Oscar, although the country has not won in 20 years of foreign language entries.

Some 800 films are made in Bollywood each year, more than are produced by Hollywood.

Overseas, the appeal of the movies are spreading beyond the South Asian communities in the UK and US.

Demand for mainstream Hindi films is growing in China and Japan, while filmmakers will be hoping the fall of the Taleban will awaken interest in Afghanistan as well.