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Bollywood for Beginners

Directed by Penelope Jagessar Chaffer
2002    24m
6.3
The world's most vibrant and colorful cinema comes crashing through the screen in Bollywood for Beginners, a documentary about the characters, traditions, heroes and heroines that drive India's hyper-real film industry. As Bollywood infuses Western films, music, fashion and theatre with a colorful and rhythmic abandon, artists, journalists and film-makers, including Baz Luhrmann, give us the lowdown on why Bollywood is the most happening thing right now.
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Cast of Bollywood for Beginners
  • Shoboo KapoorNarrator
  • Rachel DwyerSelf (lecturer in Indian Studies, SOAS)
  • Deepak VermaSelf (actor
  • Nasreen Munni KabirSelf (author
  • Cary SawhneySelf (British Film Institute)
  • Justine HardySelf (author 'Bollywood Boy')
  • Baz LuhrmannSelf (director 'Moulin Rouge')
  • Farah KhanSelf (choreographer)
  • Rachel ShelleySelf (actress 'Lagaan')
  • Sandeep KhoslaSelf (coustme designer)
  • Abu JaniSelf (costume designer)
  • Suman BhucharSelf (Movie Mag International)
  • Mohammed RizwanSelf (Hrithik Roshan fan)
  • Jasleen AroraSelf (Hrithik Roshan fan)
  • Shah Rukh KhanSelf (actor)

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