New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- South Indian stars may have found fans across India through dubbed hits, but their original Bollywood outings continue to disappoint at the box office.

The disastrous performance of War 2, featuring Jr NTR as the antagonist after his breakout in RRR, follows the underwhelming run of Prabhas' Adipurush and Prithviraj Sukumaran's Bade Miyan Chote Miyan.

Trade experts say that even though north Indian viewers lap up dubbed south films, Bollywood filmmakers are unable to tap into the fan base of the southern stars they onboard for Hindi productions. Also, they barely have anything new to offer their home audiences or Hindi viewers, who already have easy access to their work via OTT and satellite channels.

In the Septe...