I think you’ll need to use the “contact us” function on Sepia Mutiny’s homepage and ask the people running this website for permission that way.

I read this Article and found it funny! I hope it wont be any problem for you, if we use this anywhere in our magazine.

Regards

Anuranjan Bhatia Maxim India

I know.

Since I remember, I have averaged 2-3/ movies a week like the little kid in “Cinema Paradiso“. However, between 1992-2002, I only watched 3 bollywood movies in 10 years and was still maintaining my movie average – so there was a period when I totally walked away from Bollywood and Indian movies. But then I did return when the DVD business started.

Changes are always slow, baby steps.

It’s ALL good, baby. I do hear you on the whole bit about the market forces. If we keep watching, they won’t change the formula, innit. Saley.

I am sorry that I was being little obnoxious too. I think it is mostly cultural – an actor/ actress here has to maintain himself/ herself to be marketable and still get roles.

There was no pressure on them there in past, especially in the regional movie industries. The market forces did not demand anything like that from them.

Things are changing in Bollywood – SRK, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan etc. are not young (past 40s), are still going strong (or even stronger) and are keeping themselves presentable.

Rishi Kapoor of “Bobby” fame (as all Kapoor family guys) had no incentive to keep himself sharp. Recently, I read in India Today, suddenly in Bollywood due to Amitabh Bachchan’s clout and need to cast him in almost every movie, older people are not “pathetic, living on the mercy of their children”. They are being portrayed as people full of life too. I was really glad to read that change.

The actor in the above picture is not too bad looking, but I have noticed that in many regional language films, while the lead female character is a very attractive slim and westernized young thing, the male lead is a stark contrast – old, balding, paunchy and very unsophisticated. Apparently these are the top billed male actors. This completely beats me.

This sounds like the chinese product with funny sounding explanation that Jay Leno does on his show. I think the Tonights Show people get stuff from the 99c store and its hillarious.