To complement the current Bollywood Stills exhibition at Contact Theatre in Manchester, two days of Bollywood-inspired workshops, talks and the showing of two blockbuster films have been announced.
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Dr.Rajinder Dudrah from The University of Manchester and curator of the Bollywood Stills exhibition, will be providing an insight into the world of Bollywood films for beginners between 12 - 13 February.
The two films screening will be Shah Rukg Khan starrer Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and all time bollywood favourite, curry western, Sholay starring Amitabh Bachchan.
The exhibition itself continues until Saturday 28 March 2009 and is free.
Drawing on the large action stills archives from Kamat Foto Flash in Mumbai, India, the exhibition charts the history of the action stills production process from its heyday in the seventies and eighties to their transformation into digital photography in the contemporary moment.
It comprises 40 photographic images on Perspex panels of images with curatorial text written by the University of Manchester's Dr Rajinder Dudrah, providing both contemporary popular focus as well as historical documentation to the project and its importance to the growing Bollywood scene in the U.K. and internationally.
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