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Bollywood Film at UCSD Tonight

The space shuttle may be gone, but it's not likely to be forgotten — not if Hollywood has anything to do with it. Over the course of the last 30 years, the shuttle has shown up repeatedly on the Silver Screen.

Bollywood churns out more films than Hollywood each year, and Bollywood films are drawing huge new audiences in other parts of Asia and across Africa. Though they have historically been fairly formulaic love stories, some filmmakers are now breaking out of that mold.

For more than 40 years, Indian actress, activist and sometime politician Shabana Azmi has paved the way for independent, socially conscious Indian cinema. The actress discusses Indian cinema, gender roles and art as activism.

No journalist or investigator had ever penetrated the wall around J.G. Boswell, the most powerful man in California's central valley, until Mark Arax got him to talk. He unearthed a story of power, wealth, theft and even murder that made it into the book The King of California.

San Diego stages are busy these days with a smorgasbord of offerings. From the famed musical "Cabaret" to the Appalachian drama "Foxfire," there's something for everyone. We'll talk with theater critics Jim Hebert and Pam Kragen about the local theater scene.

The Indian family drama "Rafta, Rafta" offers actors of South Asian and Middle Eastern descent a chance to play complex characters on the stage. We'll talk with three of those actors and learn more about the Old Globe production.

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Ok, so this post's title isn't true, but wouldn't it be cool if it was? I know this is totally random, but this excerpt from a Bollywood film called Dil…

An influx of investment and new residents has brought great prosperity to the Indian metropolis of Mumbai, home to the Bollywood movie industry. However, with the emergence of "New" Mumbai, wealth disparities have been exposed and difficulties confronted.