Hungry Ghost Bollywood Files
David Chute
Hungry Ghost Productions
708 S. Mariposa Ave., #407
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Tel 213-389-7397
email
Amitabh Bachchan
- The Big B
--Film Comment feature/essay on the world's most popular actor,on the occasion of a restrospective of his work at the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
LA Weekly "Planet Bollywood?" Cover Story, March 7-13, 2003
- At long last, a truncated version of the Bollywood story finally sees print. Don't miss the terrific sidebar essay by Muffy St. Bernard, "Why I Rejected Coronation Street."
Early Draft of LA Weekly "Planet Bollywood" Cover Story
- Planet Bollywood: Version One
-- Discontinued preliminary version of "Planet Bollywood" cover story.
Film Comment "Bollywood Rising" Midsection, May-June 2002
- The Road to Bollywood
-- Introduction written as guest-editor of the "Bollywood Rising" Midsection.
- Hindu Family Values
-- Sooraj Barjatya's Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! as a definitive example of the key Bollywood sub-genre of the 1990s.
- Bollywood: Further Research
-- Theatrical and DVD sources for Hindi movies, and tips on informative web sites and books, with handy hyperlinks.
- Aamir Khan Interview
-- The thoughtful producer and star of Lagaan on the past, present, and future of Bollywood.
Additional Pieces
- Ram Gopal Varma and Company: Indian Goodfellas
--LA Weekly review of American Cinematheque film series.
- Soapy Water
--LA Weekly review of the Deepa Mehta film recently short-listed for the Best Foreign Film Oscar.
- Where's the Party Yaar?
-- Benny Matthews' NRI indie comedy reviewed. LA Weekly, September 5-11, 2003.
- Getting Serious
-- Bollywood books reviewed. Film Comment, September-October 2002.
- Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
-- Ahsutosh Gowariker's Oscar-nominated cricket musical, a review published in the March-April, 2002 issue of Film Comment.
- Monsoon Wedding
--Mira Nair's Bollywood-flavored art movie, a review from Janurary-February 2002 issue of Film Comment.
- The Quiet Man
--LA Weekly interview with actor Om Puri.
Craze 2001
- Bollywood Now!
-- An LA Weekly report from the LA Sports Arena on a post-September 11 world tour of Bollywood stars, including Aamir Khan and Anil Kapoor.
Film Comment Feature on Tamil and Hindi Cinema, Circa 1995
- Gods Walk The Earth
-- A report from Toronto upon discovering the work of Mani Rathnam, Kamal Hasan and A.R. Rahman. Copiously annotated.
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