Riverside Bollywood fest to screen classics once a week

MUMBAI: The third Riverside Bollywood Film Festival being held this month will screen Bollywood film classics once a week.

Yesterday, the festival screened the Karan Johar classic Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham that features Amitah Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Jaya Bachchan, Kajol and Karena Kapoor.

“Bollywood is a distinct form of cinematic experience. It incorporates music and visual language that is extremely different from Hollywood but is linked with Indian poetic traditions, as well as being reminiscent of 1930s musical cinema in Western countries,” said Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, assistant professor of Tibetan, Chinese and Himalayan history and faculty-in-residence for the Honors College Riverside Community that is hosting the festival.

Like Hollywood, Bollywood is concerned with depicting glamour, wealth and fashion, all of which are aspirations for the middle and lower classes, she added.

On 21 October, people at the festival will be witness to Hum Aapke Hain Koun that stars Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit, while YRF’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. will screen on 28 October.