Re: [silk] Bollywood's Big-Screen Love Affair With Switzerland Fades To Black

2013-07-26 Thread SS
On Wed, 2013-07-24 at 17:01 +0800, Chew Lin Kay wrote: Am curious--a) do viewers expect dance scenes in foreign locales? Are films made exclusively in India seen as cheap/inferior/not-so-good? b) how does film financing work?--ie how much of the expenditure goes towards foreign shoots,

Re: [silk] Bollywood's Big-Screen Love Affair With Switzerland Fades To Black

2013-07-26 Thread Biju Chacko
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 3:00 PM, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 2013-07-24 at 17:01 +0800, Chew Lin Kay wrote: Am curious--a) do viewers expect dance scenes in foreign locales? Are films made exclusively in India seen as cheap/inferior/not-so-good? b) how does film financing

Re: [silk] Bollywood's Big-Screen Love Affair With Switzerland Fades To Black

2013-07-26 Thread Ingrid
On 24 July 2013 14:31, Chew Lin Kay chewlin@gmail.com wrote: Am curious--a) do viewers expect dance scenes in foreign locales? Are films made exclusively in India seen as cheap/inferior/not-so-good? b) how does film financing work?--ie how much of the expenditure goes towards foreign

Re: [silk] Bollywood's Big-Screen Love Affair With Switzerland Fades To Black

2013-07-24 Thread Chew Lin Kay
Am curious--a) do viewers expect dance scenes in foreign locales? Are films made exclusively in India seen as cheap/inferior/not-so-good? b) how does film financing work?--ie how much of the expenditure goes towards foreign shoots, stars' pay, etc? On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:51 AM, SS

[silk] Bollywood's Big-Screen Love Affair With Switzerland Fades To Black

2013-07-22 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
Dev Anand was a futuristic film maker in Indian cinema in many ways - which includes beating Yash Chopra to Switzerland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONDviMDa3Hc Prem Pujari - 1970 Grimsel Pass, is actually quite a historic location in Swiss history, but not the easiest to get to - and so by

Re: [silk] Bollywood's Big-Screen Love Affair With Switzerland Fades To Black

2013-07-22 Thread Deepa Mohan
Enjoyed both the article and the song...such lovely lyrics. Thank you, Cheeni! On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:46 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.comwrote: Dev Anand was a futuristic film maker in Indian cinema in many ways - which includes beating Yash Chopra to Switzerland.

Re: [silk] Bollywood's Big-Screen Love Affair With Switzerland Fades To Black

2013-07-22 Thread Rashmi Dhanwani
And other countries are trying to unseat Switzerland. This Tribune article rates Australia and Spain just below The Swiss Kiss: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130519/spectrum/main11.htm An excerpt: Cashing in on the success of these films, many other filmmakers too tried to ape the