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CHENNAI, India, Oct. 11-- "I would like to see a lot of collaboration between creative people from China and India, making stories that people from both countries would love to see," said Bollywood star Aamir Khan before a film-promotion trip to China in early 2018. As one of the most recognized Indian actors in China, Khan's biographical sports film "Dangal" raked in nearly 1.3 billion yuan (190 million U.S. dollars) in the Chinese box office in 2017, making it the highest-grossing Indian film of all time in China. Inspired by the real journey of an Indian wrestler, Khan acted the part of a strict father who turned his daughters into world-class athletes. From "Dangal" and "Secret Superstar" to "Hichki" and "Thugs of Hindostan," Bollywood hits have been immensely popular among Chinese moviegoers in recent years. Older generations were impressed by Indian films like "Awara" (1951) and "Caravan" (1971), which featured spectacular song-and-dance scenes. Khan, who has visited China several times, said he felt Chinese and Indian people have many things in common. For example, both peoples attach great importance to family, he told Xinhua. "Many people get to know a certain country through watching their movies. Through my work, quite a few foreign viewers start to know the sorrows and happiness of ordinary Indian people," Khan said, adding that artists can help people with different cultural backgrounds understand each other. | 
