[icernet] New breed of NRI filmmakers

[Arul Selvan MIC]

f you thought Bollywood was the epitome of trite, formulaic cliches, you
should see the new breed of NRI filmmakers trying to mix the ethos of
mainstream Hindi movies with that of Hollywood.

Their brand of cinema, though still in its infancy, is already becoming
predictable. What started off as a promising movement with Nagesh
Kukunoor's Hyderabad Blues half a decade ago has now become a banal mass
of work that refuses to move beyond the identity crises of
second-generation Indians living abroad.

We have seen Bend It Like Beckham, ABCD and American Desi, all exploring
the confused existence of NRIs struggling to strike a balance between
their Indian values and the Western way of life they have adopted.

Source:
http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/nov/01leela.htm