>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 ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]