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Kasthuri : a South Indian film star / produced by Richard Breyer and N.C. Rajamani, directed by Richard Breyer.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Breyer, Richard, director.
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture actors and actresses--India--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Motion pictures--India.
- Motion pictures.
- India--Social conditions.
- India.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (29 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1995.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- Kasthuri is a twenty-one-year old film star who lives and works in Madras, the film capital of South India. She has starred in seven films and is about to make her eighth. In following her daily life - rehearsals, fan club appearances, visits with old friends, and shopping trips with her mother - the documentary exposes the paradox between her public and private life. Despite being a successful woman with a glamorous career and exposure to Western culture, Kasthuri does not challenge the traditional values of her culture. She is content to have her parents arrange a suitable marriage to a man of their choosing. This charming portrait contains excerpts from traditional Indian films.
- Notes:
- Originally released as DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- Association for Asian Studies, 1995
- OCLC:
- 747797878
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