'Awaara' to AR Rahman, Bollywood on upswing in west: UK expert
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Prasun <http://search.indopia.in/begin.php?txtsearch=Prasun&newsCatId=2>
Sonwalkar.
London, Mar 8 For a UK professor of Film
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grew up watching Indian
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the recent Oscar
<http://search.indopia.in/begin.php?txtsearch=Oscar&newsCatId=2>success of
composer A R Rahman
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sound engineer Resul
<http://search.indopia.in/begin.php?txtsearch=Resul&newsCatId=2>Pookutty
<http://search.indopia.in/begin.php?txtsearch=Pookutty&newsCatId=2>is a
welcome recognition of Bollywood
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and themes.
Dina <http://search.indopia.in/begin.php?txtsearch=Dina&newsCatId=2>Iordanova,
professor of Film
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the University
<http://search.indopia.in/begin.php?txtsearch=University&newsCatId=2>of St
Andrews, who researches Indian
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and teaches Bollywood
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in her department, told PTI that teaching on Bollywood
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had become a regular part of the curriculum in Film
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in the UK.
" Indian
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and themes have long triumphed around the world; memories of my film-loving
childhood in the Soviet
<http://search.indopia.in/begin.php?txtsearch=Soviet&newsCatId=2>bloc would
never be complete without references to Raj Kapoor&aposs hugely popular
Awaara,"she said.
"A film which I believe to have been the biggest international box office
hit in the history of cinema."
"Finally, a significant degree of recognition for this cinematic tradition
enters the west as well. Composer
<http://search.indopia.in/begin.php?txtsearch=Composer&newsCatId=2>A R Rahman
<http://search.indopia.in/begin.php?txtsearch=Rahman&newsCatId=2><http://search.indopia.in/begin.php?txtsearch=Rahman&newsCatId=2>who
first enjoyed extensive coverage in the UK in the context of his score for
the musical Bombay
<http://search.indopia.in/begin.php?txtsearch=Bombay&newsCatId=2>Dreams
<http://search.indopia.in/begin.php?txtsearch=Dreams&newsCatId=2>(2002), has
now sealed his success with an Academy
<http://search.indopia.in/begin.php?txtsearch=Academy&newsCatId=2>Award,"she
said.
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Vithur
