Topic started by other_side (@ 209.166.128.18) on Tue May 13 18:11:05 .
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I go this message in an email.Anybody to substantiate it?
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Starting on Thursday June 6th, every Thursday through the end of June Turner Classic Movies will be paying tribute to Bollywood.
Every Thursday night they will be showing 3 Indian movies, the scheduleis below.
Indians are supposed to be the wealthiest ethnic group in America, but the only Indian on TV is Appu from the Simpsons and he is a cartoon
(reference: The Guru). If we have so much money, why don't we have some sort of representation on TV?
Here is our chance. You need to forward this to all of your friends and you/they need to watch. If the Indian community can demonstrate the
ability to support things of interest to us, perhaps we could see a better representation on TV. Already, ABC has announced that Deepa
Mehta (I think she is the one) will be writing/producing a television show
that has an Indian family as the 'stars'. Let's support this event by giving TCM big ratings that night. Then perhaps the rating! s will send
a message to TV Progammers that it pays to cater to the Indian Community.
BTW, June 13th is my favorite night.
JUNE 6th
8:00 PM
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) A young man follows the woman he
loves to
India to stop her arranged marriage. Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri.
D:Aditya Chopra. 181m. LBX
11:30 PM
Bombay (1995) Religious unrest threatens the marriage of a Hindu man
and
a Muslim woman. Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Nasser. D: Mani Rathnam.
C 135m. LBX
2:00 AM
Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) Three brothers separated at birth come
together to
track a kidnapper. Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan. D:
Mammohan Dasai. C 162m.
JUNE 13th
8:00 PM
Rangeela (1995) A young actress' rise to stardom is
complicated by conflicting affections for her co-star and her childhood
sweetheart. Jackie Shroff, Aamir Khan, Urmila Matondkar. D: Ram Gopal
Varma. 143m. LBX
10:30 PM
Dil Chahta Hai (2001) Three friends have their lives transformed by
love
during one marvelous summer. Aamar Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna.
D: Farhan Akhtar. 183m.
2:00 AM
Sholay (1975) A vengeful police chief forces two small-time crooks to
hunt down the bandit who destroyed his family. Dharmendra, Amitabh
Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar. D: Ramesh Sippy. 200m.
JUNE 20th
8:00 PM
Pakeezah (1971) A free-spirited young woman refuses a prince's proposal
for love of a man she only met once. Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Raaj
Kumar. D: Kamal Amrohi. 146m. LBX
10:30 PM
Junglee (1961) Young lovers defy the caste system to fight for
happiness. Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Helen. D: Subodh Mukherji. 140m.
1:00 AM
Awaara (1951) A bitter young man vows revenge on the two men who
destroyed his mother's life. Raj Kapoor, Prithvari Kapoor, Nargis. D:
Raj Kapoor. 171m.
JUNE 27th
8:00 PM
Mother India (! 1957) A family struggles to survive the machinations of
an
evil moneylender. Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Raaj Kumar. D:Mehboob Khan. 174m.
11:00 PM
Do Bigha Zamin (1953) Family members risk all in a move to Calcutta to
raise
money and save their land. Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Ratan Kumar. D:
Bimal Roy. 125m.
1:30 AM
Pyaasa (1957) A young poet searches the world for pure love. Guru Dutt,
Mala
Sinha, Waheeda Rehman. D: Guru Dutt. 141m.
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