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How ’90s Bollywood movies became cool again for two desis in the US

Arts, Culture & Media

The Bollywood Boys used to watch movies on bootleg VCDs with their parents. Now, they’re watching them on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video — and rediscovering what they once loved about them.

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