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Such movies are recognized by “stock themes,” according to Lecturer on Sanskrit and Indian Studies Rena Fonseca. Typical plot lines include hostile parents, generations of family drama and boy-meets-girl-boy-weds-girl, all mixed in with a heavy dose of exotic locales, dancing and songs—and of course, the inevitable happy ending...
...While it has been fashionable among Indian intellectuals to put down Bollywood films (not without justification), many are great fun and some recently have even tackled more serious subjects,” Fonseca writes in an e-mail...
...Nair’s films certainly don’t typify the Bollywood formula,” Fonseca says. “They are generally more sophisticated. Her films are successful and compelling precisely because [of their] frankness and storytelling flair…The viewer can identify with the characters and is soon completely hooked...
...Personally, I still think Nair’s best film, and her most serious work, was Salaam Bombay!, which, while not a documentary…was powerful and affecting,” Fonseca says...
Mather’s current Senior Tutor, Rena Fonseca, announced earlier this year that she would be stepping down at the end of the term...