Anjan Dutta

Christmas Special: Bollywood & The Anglo-Indian Community

Bollywood remains cluttered with stereotypical depictions of the Christian community, with hardly any room for innovation, let alone for a groundbreaking character-study like Violet Stoneham in Aparna Sen's evocative film on the desolation of the Christian community in 36 Chowringhee Lane. One must say though, that there were several eminently memorable Christian characters in the past. For instance, Lalita Pawar's Mrs D'Sa in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Anari and of course Amitabh Bachchan's Anthony in Manmohan Desai's (Manji as he was called) Amar Akbar Anthony. The Big B says abou | Click Here...