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    <body><![CDATA[This book was ok. I enjoyed reading about artists whose work I have seen. It was hard to fully enjoy the book since I don't think the movie it profiles is as good as Alter thinks it is. I didn't feel I learned that much that was new or interesting but his point of view is a unique one as an Indian o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47783394">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Lightweight, easily digestible overview of Indian cinema.  If I had known then what I know now, I would have run away to Bollywood.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A lively romp through the fascinating world of Hindi cinema]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A behind-the-scenes glimpse at the Indian film industry which is eye-opening when one considers how antithetical certain aspects are to conventional Hollywood practices. And yet the movies get made, by the dozen, by the hundreds... There is extensive coverage of the making of the film <strong>Omkara</strong> which I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24048078">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i'm not really into this third culture stuff, but as for someone who's a filmmaker and wanted to know more about the indian film industry, this book is pretty interesting. learned lots of little nuances about how films are made in india that i wouldn't have learned unless...i went to india and was i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31784164">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this on the new bookshelf at the library.  I figured I'd give it a chance, although I do have the feeling that it is one I might get bored by.  We'll see.<br/><br/>Surprisingly this is the book that I sped through while the other book I listed is one that I went through really slowly.]]></body>
    
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