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VIKALP@ALLIANCE PRESENTS BOLLYWOOD AND ITS DISCONTENTS Two films that look at the frayed edges of Bollywood dreams: Srinivas Sunderrajan’s short fiction *VAPSI * & Jill Misquitta’s documentary *THE CLAP TRAP * The Clap Trap which will be screened in Bombay after over fifteen years as part of our occasional series of Classic Indian Docs Both filmmakers will be present for a discussion, so come, see, bring friends and spread the word! *WHEN*: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 6.30 PM *WHERE*: ALLIANCE FRANCAISE, Theosophy Hall, 40, New Marine Lines, Next to Nirmala Niketan, TEL:2203 6187 *ABOUT THE FILMS* *VAPSI* Short Fiction | 5 min | 2010 | Director: Srinivas Sunderrajan A struggling film actor in the city of Mumbai writes a letter to his mother. *CLASSIC DOC: THE CLAP TRAP * Documentary | 52 min | 1993 | India | Director: Jill Misquitta Bombay's nickname is Bollywood; after all, the city is the centre of the world's largest movie industry. With a production of about eight hundred films a year, Bollywood excels its name-giver by far. All those films require actors, especially extras. THE CLAP TRAP is about these people: those who fill the set on payment of a meager daily wage. They are the guests at weddings, funerals and other group scenes. 'Junior Artists' they call themselves with a self-invented euphemism. They like to keep up appearances for themselves by believing they perform an indispensable task in the dream factory. In fact, they are easily interchangeable and are usually exploited. Two 'Junior Artists' are followed at their activities, downtown and at home. Masood had almost achieved stardom, until fate decreed otherwise. Pammi escaped the misery of the street by joining the anonymous army of walk-ons. We observe them at work on the set, in their union offices, and at home while trying to cope with the larger realities of living in Bombay--capital of the Bollywood merchants. -- Paromita Vohra DEVI PICTURES www.parodevi.com @parodevi -- "हम हैं दीवाने फिर कैसा डर" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
