Friday, September 4, 1998
Panned in India, Mani Ratnam's Dil Se hits British top ten
In London it is bigger -- screen for screen -- than Godzilla. While The Avengers can barely manage to pull 200 punters into even the big West End screens, the same number are being turned away every night from cinemas in the suburbs showing a slushy, low-budget Indian love story, Dil Se (From The Heart), a Bollywood musical.
The Mother is still Agnes in Macedonia
Mother Teresa as a person is still vividly remembered in her birthplace of Skopje in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, which is planning a series of events to mark the first anniversary of her death.
Tale of two cities
Why does three quarters of the population of Bombay live in the suburbs? Because of the Industry, of course. Since there is only one industry that counts in Bombay you'd have to be from out of town to ask which one? Actually make that two -- Film has a healthy, attention-grabbing sibling in television.
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