Cinema Asia: India

Synopsis

While Northern India’s 100-year-old film industry is best known for flamboyant dance sequences and romantic plot lines, its directors have begun to step outside established formulas and explore grittier subject matter. This program surveys the world of Bollywood filmmaking, examining the personalities as well as the commercial and thematic concerns that drive central Asia’s answer to Tinseltown. Interviews with directors Karan Johar, Ashutosh Gowariker, and Yash Chopra are included, along with commentary from choreographers, musical directors, and Cinemaya Magazine editor Aruna Vasudev. The industry’s newfound attention to poverty, homelessness, and other social concerns is examined. Several film excerpts are included.

Main Cast

Remesh Panicker

Narrator

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Anupam Kher

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 35%

Aruna Vasudev

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Mrinal Sen

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Jahnu Barua

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Yash Chopra

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 57%

Ashutosh Gowariker

Self

Age : 60 | Popularity : 32%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Kim Tae-Yeong
	Producer	Jo Jin Sharon Tan
Crew	Cinematography	Han-sung Kim
Directing	Director	Charith Pelpola
Editing	Editor	Nisha Narwani
Department	Role	Name

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