Monday, April 21, 2008

India (I)

Mira nair
Is a director of the cinema of India that was born on October 15 1957, in Rourkela.She went to Nueva delhi’s university to study Sociology and Interpretation. At 19 years obtains a scholarship in Harvard's University to study Image and sound.

En 1979 she realizes her first film Jama Masjid Street Journal, from there there would come a series of works based on her natal India, mixing the western customs with the Hindu culture.




Films of Mira Nair

El buen nombre (2006)
The Namesake (2006)
La feria de las vanidades (2004)
Vanity Fair (2003)
11'09'01 (11'09'01) (episodio "India" - 2002)
Ciegos de amor – film tv (2002)
La boda del Monzón (2001)
The Laughing Club of India – documentario (1999)
My Own Country (1998) – film tv
Kamasutra, una historia de amor (1996)
Cuando salí de Cuba (1995)
Mississippi Masala (1991)
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Children of a Desired Sex – (1987)
India Cabaret – documentario (1985)
So Far from India – (1982)
Jama Masjid Street Journal (1979)


Bollywood
Its the informal name from the film in language HINDU made by numerous studies in the city of bombai India. For one this word, invented in the 1970's, comes from a play on words between Bombay (the old name of Mumbai) and Hollywood, the center of the film industry in the United States.
Bollywood is a fundamental part of popular culture in India and the rest of the Indian subcontinent.
This word has become world famous and already formally appears in the Oxford English Dictionary. The production of Bollywood has taken off worldwide, and many of his films are acclaimed by the best critics.



INDIAN FLIMS
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Mother India (Mehboob Khan)
Aan (Mehboob Khan)
Andaz (Mehboob Khan)
Sholay (Ramesh Sippy)
Lagaan (Ashutosh Gowariker)
Swades (Ashutosh Gowariker)
Kal Ho Naa Ho (Nikhil Advani)
Devdas (Sanjay Leela Bhansali)
Black (Sanjay Leela Bhansali)
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Yash Johar)
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (Karan Johar)
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Karan Johar)
Apne (Dharmender,Suny y Boby Deol)