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July 15, 2007
Are you ready for "Off-Bollywood"?
Outlook India defines their terms of Indian indie: "One reason why this creative crop is flourishing is because the space for small films is getting better defined in Bollywood. Not only are multiplexes offering a definite avenue of release, the films themselves, once experimental, often pretentious exercises, are establishing a better connect with the audience without necessarily compromising on their independent spirit. "Opportunities for us are increasing," says Aditya Srivastava, seen recently as Badshah Khan, Tiger Memon's henchman on the run in Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday. "It's the best time we have had in 20 years. The days of B-grade Bollywood are over. Now it's either superstars like the Khans or the alternate stars," says actor-filmmaker Rajat Kapur." [More arcana at the link.]
Posted by Ray Pride at July 15, 2007 03:20 PM
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