Mumbai, May 5 -- Renowned Director and producer Mahesh Bhatt believes that the Telugu film industry is anticipated to face a larger blow than the Hindi film industry following US President Donald Trump's recent announcement of imposing a 100 per cent tariff on films produced outside the United States.

In a conversation with ANI, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt expressed his views on the possible impact of tariffs imposed by the US government on Telugu films and the Hindi cinema produced outside the United States.

"This was bound to happen. But it is very important to see what impact this will have. Will it affect the streaming content? But what I have understood is that in our Telugu films, there is a lot of consumption (in the US). The air foot...