Bollywood
Despite the phasing out of intermissions in the West, they have remained prevalent in India, and especially with Bollywood films. There seems to be a mass reluctance to do away with intermissions as they bring a large revenue to cinemas in terms of customers buying snacks during these periods. It seems to work well in Indian cinema, with the usually longer length of Bollywood films compared with films from other parts of the world. Notably, only in 2011, a Bollywood film, Dhobi Ghat (film) was released without an intermission, this being cited as a first in Indian cinema. It is not uncommon in India even for Hollywood films to have intermissions.
Bollywood films shown in cinemas in the United Kingdom also commonly include intermissions when shown in cinemas.
It is so common in Bollywood that some films released on DVD contain the "intermission" card note that is inserted into the film for cinematic screening, such as the DVD of Veer-Zaara.
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