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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) Bollywood
INDIAN cinema is unique. On average, 800 films are produced and distributed every year, that is more than two per day, and shown to 11,000,000 people ......(Continue Reading)Picture imperfect
At the other end of the gloomy warehouse, on a stage set that looks like a naff Eighties nightclub, I can make out the figure of Bollywood brat-boy ......(Continue Reading)Non-traditional marriage joins Jewish
Non-traditional marriage joins Jewish, Hindu traditions By GAIUTRA BAHADUR Knight Ridder Newspapers Sunday, January 25, 2004 Philadelphia -- Klezmer music cued Sunanda Ghosh's entrance. S...(Continue Reading)Film's plot angers dad, daughter
BOMBAY, India -- The stars: a world-renowned sitar composer and his long-lost daughter, an American jazz singer. The finale: the daughter sweeps the ......(Continue Reading)
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