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By Hasan Suroor
LONDON, JUNE 5. Britain's steamy love-affair with Bollywood, epitomised by the runaway success of `Bombay Dreams' and the clamour for Hing-lish co-productions, appears to have turned sour after the controversy over the tragic death of the promising British-Asian director, Nadia Khan, while filming with Kaizad Gustad on Mumbai's railway tracks. The incident has generated a wave of damaging headlines focusing on the poor working conditions and the lack of safety standards in Bollywood. Mumbai's film-makers have been accused of employing "guerrilla'' production techniques, disregarding the safety of the crew. "Safety procedures can be non-existent and crews often operate uninsured. Even big-budget films have been hit by accidents,'' Asjad Nazir, the showbusiness editor of Eastern Eye, told newspapers, recalling the mishaps on the sets of `Line of Control' and `Devdas.' For aspiring British-Asian film-makers, who see Bollywood as a dream destination, the death of one of their peers under suspicious circumstances has come as a shock. Suddenly, Bollywood is seen as a "dangerous'' place. "Her (Nadia's) death has shed light on the dangers of working in Bollywood's booming but largely unregulated film industry...,''said The Independent. Under the headline "Artist or Creep?'', The Times questioned Mr. Gustad's style of working, quoting Katrina Kaif, a British model who featured in his film `Boom', as saying that she "wished'' she had not acted in it. It also recalled that Padma Lakshmi, now writer Salman Rushdie's wife, "reportedly left the movie after Mr. Gustad had screamed at her during shooting''. One critic described the controversy as a "public relations disaster'' for Bollywood, at a time when it is desperately looking for "cross-over'' talent in search of new markets abroad.
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