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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Indian state of Maharashtra, home to India’s movie industry known as Bollywood. Anchor Jeb Sharp speaks with Harshita Kohli, an entertainment reporter in Mumbai about what’s behind a recent campaign to ban foreign actors in Bollywood films.

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