>Paul suggests:
>>
>> Therefore, there are [at least] 3 Indias in cinema: the India of
>> American fantasy (e.g. Indiana Jones), the India of Indian fantasy (the
>> song-and-dance films), and Ray's view of the "real" India.
>>
>>[...] The popularity of the song-and-dance movies, however,
>> certainly does reveal something about the Real India, since it's Real
>> Indians who support these extravaganzas.  My intuition is that this
>> version of India holds the same place in the Indian psyche as the 6-day
>> Edo Dynasty flicks hold in Japanese culture and the 3-day Westerns hold
>> in the U.S.A.
>
 
 
BANDIT QUEEN was an Indian film that enjoyed success... somewhere. Maybe
not in India... I don't know. But it was not a song & dance flick.
 
Maybe Indian song & dance films hold the same position as american ones
from the 30s did for 1930 audiences?
 
 
erik weems
 
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