Bollywood: Mix of cynicism & sincerity
Dr Rachel Dwyer grew up on the films of Satyajit Ray but today she cannot have enough of Bollywood. The professor of Indian studies and cinema at the London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is already the author of nearly a dozen books on Indian cinema and has written the biography of Yash Chopra. Recently, Dr Dwyer came to Vienna and made audiences fall in love with Kamal Amrohi's Mahal that celebrates 60 years since it was released in 1949 after she talked about the film at the Vienna University. According to Dr Dwyer, the Fifties were the golden era of Hindi cinema but adds that the best is yet to be born in Bollywood.
Extracts from an exclusive interview by Hardnews with the professor so passionate about Indian cinema:
From the print issue of Hardnews :
SEPTEMBER 2009
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