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Indias Bollywood softens up mercy killing with song and dance.
Euthanasia campaigner Dr. Philip Nitschke's 'suicide kit' is seen during a 2009 Reuters interview. Bollywood, as the prolific Indian movie industry is known, has produced a big-budget romance with the not-so-typical theme of euthanasia.
MUMBAI, India The topic of assisted suicide is an old one for Hollywood, with Clint Eastwoods Million Dollar Baby being one of the latest examples.
But not for Bollywood as the prolific Indian movie industry is dubbed.
That has changed with the release of Guzaarish, a big-budget romance that combines the song-and-dance elements typical of Bollywood with the not-so-typical theme of mercy killing.
The film sparked controversy even before its release last month, as novelist Dayanand Raajan claimed the plot was lifted from his unpublished novel.
Continued- http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/euthanasia-on-the-silver-screen/
Euthanasia campaigner Dr. Philip Nitschke's 'suicide kit' is seen during a 2009 Reuters interview. Bollywood, as the prolific Indian movie industry is known, has produced a big-budget romance with the not-so-typical theme of euthanasia.
MUMBAI, India The topic of assisted suicide is an old one for Hollywood, with Clint Eastwoods Million Dollar Baby being one of the latest examples.
But not for Bollywood as the prolific Indian movie industry is dubbed.
That has changed with the release of Guzaarish, a big-budget romance that combines the song-and-dance elements typical of Bollywood with the not-so-typical theme of mercy killing.
The film sparked controversy even before its release last month, as novelist Dayanand Raajan claimed the plot was lifted from his unpublished novel.
Continued- http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/euthanasia-on-the-silver-screen/