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April 2, Thursday. Film
<italic>Charulata</italic>, (1964), Snite Auditorium, 7:00 PM. Based on a
short story by
Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, it is directed by Satyajit Ray
(director
of acclaimed The Apu Trilogy and Lifetime Achievement Oscar recipient)
who
considered it his finest movie. Structured like a musical Rondo and set
in
1879 in the midst of the social reform movement in Calcutta, it tells
the
story of a bored and neglected wife of a upper- class Bengali social
reformer and of her growing intimacy with her husband's cousin.
April 9, Thursday. Film
<italic>Khuda Gawah</italic> (1992). 141 DeBartolo Hall, 6:30 PM. This
film stars Amitabh
Bachchan and Sridevi, screen idols of India's Mumbai (Bombay) based
Hindi
film industry, the largest in the world. This adventure story,
featuring
revenge, bandits and beautiful scenery, represents the very popular
Hindi
action film genre which has a strong following not only in India, but
also
in places as diverse as Russia, South East Asia and the Middle East.
April 16, Thursday. Film
141 De Bartolo, 7:00 PM.
Lecture on "Indian Cinema" by Neepa Majumdar, Indiana University,
Bloomington, followed by film:
<italic>Bhaji on the Beach</italic> (1994).
Directed by Gurinder Chadha, this is a hilarious comedy-drama dealing
with
immigrant life far from home as well as the problems of racism and
sexism.
It tells the story of a busload of Indian women who set off from their
women's center in Birmingham, UK, to treat themselves to a day at the
beach
in Blackpool.