Thursday, April 17, 2008

Mira Nair

Biography:

Mira Nair was born in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa to a civil servant in 1957. She went on to attend the University of New Delhi where she studied Sociology and Theater. Dissatisfied with the quality of the education, she applied elsewhere.
Mira's first film was Jama Masjid Street Journal which was also her Master's thesis project. Her most acclaimed documentary was India Cabaret


Mira Nair Films:
El buen nombre
(2006)
The Namesake (2006)
La feria de las vanidades (2004)
Vanity Fair
(2003)
11'09'01 (2002)
Ciegos de amor (2002)
La boda del Monzón (2001)
The Laughing Club of India (1999)
My Own Country (1998)
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 (1985)
So Far from India (1982)
Jama Masjid Street Journal (1979)



Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India.
The name is a portmanteau of Bombay and Hollywood.


Cinema of India


The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced annually.

The introduction of cinema in India
Cinema was introduced to India on July 7, 1896.

Characteristics of Indian Movies
Indian movies commonly include several song-and-dance routines.


Art cinema in India
In addition to commercial cinema, there is also Indian cinema that aspires to seriousness or art.

Indian films

La canción del camino (Pather panchali) (1955)

Gandhi (Gandhi) (1982)

Ali Zaoua príncipe de Casablanca (Ali Zaoua) (2000)

El Amor (L'Amore) (1948)

Hánuman: La leyenda del Dios mono (Hánuman) (1998)

PACK TRILOGIA DE APU (1955)

LAGAAN (2001)

LA REINA DE BOLLYWOOD (2006)

KAMASUTRA (1996)

AYURVEDA, EL ARTE DE VIVIR (2001)



Credits:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Nair
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cine_de_India
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619762/



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