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Across cultures
SUCHITRA BEHAL
ASHOK AMRITRAJ doesn’t approve of the word “crossover”. He insists that an Indian film in English about NRIs is not likely to work with white Americans nor is the complete Bollywoood package. Yet he feels that “Indian talent c
an be tapped to tell cross cultural stories”.
Amritraj. who has made more than 80 movies, said he’d like to “make a film about contemporary India. You know it surprises me how children here are more progressive than my kids who grew up in LA and yet are rooted in their own culture. It’s a fascinating study of contrasts and I’d like to translate that on film.”
While he has no immediate plans, Amritraj feels that Indian films have now “moved out of the stereotype. I’ve been watching a lot of Bollywood films and see that people are telling more varied stories and making money on it”.
But, like all Indians who stay out of the country, he laments that globalisation may have its pitfalls. “I cannot do without my dal, subzi and roti. I now see signs of wealth and global civilisation around, Prada, Gucci and McDonalds. I hope they don’t take away from the essence of home and what keeps bringing me back to it.”
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