Many youngsters, though not literate in Hindi, are so crazy about Hindi film love songs that they keep on humming the popular ones. "India and Myanmar have common heritage and long economic and political relations," said entrepreneur Mak Patel, who was born and brought up in Yangon. Octogenarian Patel, who is an Indian citizen and settled in New Delhi, said the craze for the Hindi flicks dates back to the popular song "Mere piya gaye Rangoon" from 1949 movie "Patanga".

"Even popular satellite channels like Sky Net and MRTV-4 have devoted bigger slots for Hindi movies and serials," Patel, a former consultant with ONGC Videsh Ltd, said. Myanmar's capital, Yangon, has six cinema halls that regularly screen popular Hindi movies. Strict censorship doesn't allow Burmese filmmakers to show social and politically driven stories forcing movie buffs to watch Bollywood and Hollywood films through pirated copies. State-run Central Hotel executive Cheery Tun said she liked Aamir Khan-starrer "3 Idiots" and "PK" so much that she saw them several times.

Energy-rich and resource-rich Myanmar, which got its independence in 1947, is home to a 2.5 million-strong Indian diaspora settled mostly in Yangon and Mandalay.

—Vishal Gulati was in Myanmar at the invitation of Indian Buddhist spiritual leader Gyalwang Drukpa's global charity 'Live To Love'.