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June 29, 2005
Bolllywood rebound? How indie is it?
"The last six months have been an unusually happy phase for Bollywood with a wide variety of unconventional films managing to attract both crowds and critical accolades, writes Saibal Chatterjee for the Hindustan Times, running down a list of recent releases. "The fact that [unconventional movies] have held their own in the marketplace is clear proof that the Hindi moviegoer is indeed beginning to change. Ruin-of-the-mill [sic] potboilers no longer hold him in thrall. His demands have metamorphosed. But has Hindi cinema reached a point from where it can make the long-waited leap to the next level?" Along with noting that "the peripatetic Shekhar Kapur is poised to begin work on a sequel to Elizabeth," Chatterjee asks, "But where, pray, is the promised indigenous film that can wrest a place alongside the best, biggest, and most successful international films?"
Posted by at June 29, 2005 03:38 PM
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