[lbo-talk] Russia does Bollywood

[Sujeet Bhatt]

The Soviet Union's fascination with Bollywood goes back to the '50s
and Raj Kapoor's peculiar brand of 'socialist realism'. I had personal
experience of this in Germany in the early '80s when a young Bulgarian
woman burst out into a Raj Kapoor melody the moment I was introduced
to her. Kapoor himself paid tribute to his Russian admirers in his
70's epic 'Mera Naam Joker', one of whose three 'parts' depicts the
protagonist's unrequited love for a Russian trapeze artist.

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> That song was enormously popular in the Soviet Union. BTW the singer is the same little girl as in this Soviet clip, 25 years and several nose jobs later: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGF8IXkI92g
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> I just watched the end of the clip from the movie. Damn, that girl is cold. Jimmy's better off without her. Poor Jimmy!
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> --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Sujeet Bhatt <sujeet.bhatt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Intriguing! Thanks for this, Chris.
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