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'''Hindi film distribution circuits''' comprises territories which have been created by [[film distributor]]s for releasing [[Hindi cinema]] or ''Hindustani cinema'' (as it was earlier known) across India. The six distribution circuits were created in 1930s after the advent of the first talkie in 1931. These circuits were:<ref name=ieoct13>{{citation|title=Producing Bollywood: Inside the Contemporary Hindi Film Industry |author= Tejaswini Ganti|year=2012|publisher=Duke University press|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Hb83FwNGuR4C&q=nizam+circuit+cinema&pg=PA187|isbn=978-0822352136|page=187}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=BOX OFFICE IN INDIA EXPLAINED|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=315&catName=UmVhZCBNb3Jl}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Cinema Industry in India: Pricing and Taxation |author=Ashok Mittal |year=2003 |publisher=Indus Publishing Company|isbn=81-7387-023-3|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RJVodLc6NgoC&q=nizam+circuit+cinema&pg=PA54|page=55}}</ref>

* Bombay circuit
* Eastern circuit
* Delhi-U.P. circuit,
* C.P.-C.I.-Rajasthan circuit
* Punjab circuit
* South circuit

Presently territories for distribution of Hindi films are divided into eleven territories. These are.<ref>{{citation|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema |author= Edited by [[Gulzar]], [[Govind Nihalani]], Saibal Chatterjee|year=2003|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd. & Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd. |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=hindi+cinema+circuits&pg=PT170|isbn=81-7991-066-0|page=146}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Circuit name !! Comprising territories
|-
| Bombay circuit || [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]], [[Gujarat]], [[Goa]], [[Mumbai]] and parts of [[Maharashtra]] and parts of [[Karnataka]]. (comprises areas that formed the erstwhile [[Bombay State]] and [[Portuguese India|Portuguese-ruled colonies]])
|-
| Delhi circuit || [[Delhi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Uttarakhand]]
|-
| Nizam circuit || [[Telangana]], parts of [[Maharashtra]] and parts of [[Karnataka]]. (Comprises areas that formed the erstwhile [[Hyderabad State|Nizam State]])
|-
| East Punjab circuit || [[Chandigarh]], [[Haryana]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Ladakh]] and [[Punjab, India|Punjab]],
|-
| Eastern circuit || [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Assam]], [[Bihar]] [[Jharkhand]], [[Manipur]], [[Meghalaya]], [[Mizoram]], [[Nagaland]], [[Odisha]], [[Sikkim]], [[Tripura]] and [[West Bengal]]. As well as [[Bhutan]] and [[Nepal]].
|-
| C. P. Berar circuit|| [[Vidarbha]] region of [[Maharashtra]], Southern and Eastern [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Chhattisgarh]]. (Comprises areas that formed the erstwhile [[Central Provinces and Berar]])
|-
| Central India circuit|| Northern and Western [[Madhya Pradesh]].
|-
| Rajasthan circuit || [[Rajasthan]]
|-
| Mysore circuit || [[Bengaluru]] and parts of [[Karnataka]] (Comprises areas that formed the erstwhile [[Mysore State]])
|-
| Tamil Nadu circuit || [[Lakshadweep]], [[Kerala]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] and [[Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| Andhra circuit || [[Andhra Pradesh]]
|}

Amongst the above territories Bombay circuit is considered by the distributors as having potential for maximum earnings.<ref name="ieoct13"/> An additional territory known as overseas territory also exists.<ref>{{citation|title=Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema |author= Tejaswini Ganti|year=2004|publisher=Routledge |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=GTEa93azj9EC&q=overseas+hindi+film+territories&pg=PA58|isbn=0-415-28854-1|page=58}}</ref> However, Hindi movies in [[Nepal]] & [[Bhutan]] are released by distributors through the Eastern circuit.<ref name="ieoct13"/>

==References==
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==See also==
{{portal|Bollywood}}

[[Category:Bollywood]]

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