[lbo-talk] Obscure question on Indian movie stars gone flabby

[ravi]

On 14/04/2005 11:23 AM, Chris Doss wrote:
> Ulhas, Ravi, etc.,
> 
> I have a question for you guys -- there was/is a cult
> movie from India in the USSR/ex-USSR called Disco
> Dancer, starring Mitkhun Chakraborti and Khema Malini
> (I'm sure the spelling's wrong -- I'm
> backtransliterating from Cyrillic). Anyway there is an
> article in one of the main Moscow papers today
> informing its no-doubt-horrified readership that not
> only is their beloved Disco Dancer completely
> forgotten in India, but that Chakraborti has gotten
> enormously fat. Please tell me this isn't true. :)
> 
> It also says that Malini is a member of the
> government.
> 

sorry, i have no answer on either one. i do know of hema malini but not
of her current status. sujeet i think provided a more informative response.

fwiw: i do know that the lincoln center is running some sort of amitabh
bhacchan retrospective:

http://www.wnbc.com/lincolncenter/4359164/detail.html

	--ravi