In India movie stars and filmmakers wield enormous influence and that point was drawn dramatically by Danny Boyle in the movie Slumdog Millionaire. Hint: it is the toilet scene. Interestingly, the entertainment industry, (especially Bollywood or the Hindi film industry based in Mumbai) involvement in Indian politics was pretty marginal with a few a actors [...]
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By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, New York, People, Video, YouTube Videos
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Bollywood, India, People, Video, YouTube Videos
This recent article from Times Online caught my eye: Battle of Bollywood as stars take sides in Indian poll. The article caught my eyes for two reasons. One was when they spoke about South Indian actress Nandita Morarji being tapped by Sonia Gandhi of the Congress Party. I thought I knew my South Indian film history, [...]