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Dreams, dharma and Mrs. Doubtfire: exploring Hindi popular cinema via its "chutneyed" Western scripts Abstract: The author introduces the popular films of Bombay--or of Bollywood, as it is familiarly know--via that industry's odd but practical proclivity ......(Continue Reading) "Make Way for the Indian": Bhangra Music and South Asian Presence in Toronto To most of the outside world, Canadian culture appears to be a bipartite composition of unequal French and English elements, wherein francophones (all ......(Continue Reading)Bully for Bollywood! The film industry in Bombaynicknamed `Bollywood'is bigger and busier than its counterpart in Los Angeles, but Americans In a scenario derived from Agatha Christie, a murderer is bumping off the survivors of a plane crash on a deserted island. So what do these endangered ......(Continue Reading)SCOPE: New wave hits world's largest film industry NEW DELHI, Feb. 28 Kyodo ''Black'' is the latest hue of India's film industry, the world's largest, which has been painting the silver screen with ......(Continue Reading)Gods walk the earth: idiom and archetype in Indian cinema today Several new Indian film makers are moving away from the traditional artificial plots of Indian's musical dramas. Tamil director Mani Rathnam uses the conventions ......(Continue Reading)
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