Cinema Asia: India

Cinema Asia: India (2007)

Documentary

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.

Director: Charith Pelpola

Casts

	Remesh Panicker as Narrator
	Anupam Kher as Self
	Sanjay Leela Bhansali as Self
	Aruna Vasudev as Self
	Mrinal Sen as Self
	Jahnu Barua as Self
	Yash Chopra as Self
	Ashutosh Gowariker as Self
	Karan Johar as Self
	Vishal Bhardwaj as Self
	Urmila Matondkar as Self
	Vaibhavi Merchant as Self
	Willard Carol as Self
	Malaika Arora as Self
	Sonu Nigam as Self
	Salman Khan as Self
	Shah Rukh Khan as Self (archive footage)
	Lata Mangeshkar as Self (archive footage)
	Aparna Sen as Self (archive footage)

Crew