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In Business News this week: the Central Bank says it may cut interest rates
further, the Czech Republic’s fourth biggest beer producer Budějovický
Budvar is bringing out an 11 percent brew and hobby markets in the Czech
Republic are doing good business despite the crisis.
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One on OneActor Kabir Bedi on Sandokan, type-casting and 'inner joy' of living in India
Rob Cameron’s guest on One on One this week is Kabir Bedi, one of
India’s best known actors and one of the few to make that difficult
transition from Bollywood to Europe to Hollywood. Kabir already had dozens
of films under his belt before he won the lead role in the 1970s TV series
Sandokan, a role that won him a legion of fans throughout Europe and
especially in communist Czechoslovakia. Kabir Bedi was in Prague recently
as a special guest of the Bollywood film festival, and Radio Prague asked
the actor what explained the huge success of Sandokan.
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ArtsGlobalising Bollywood - Prague hosts 4th annual panorama of Indian film
The Prague Bollywood Festival, now in its fourth year, all came about back
in 2003, when three friends - students at Prague's Film Academy FAMU -
organised a few showings of Indian films for their fellow students. The
following year they decided to organise a real film festival, at Zizkov's
arthouse Aero Cinema. That was such a resounding success, so they did it
again the next year.
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Current AffairsExhibition of Bengali film posters opens in Prague
A rather unusual exhibition opened in Prague's Adria Palace on Friday - a
collection of film posters representing decades of Bengali cinema. Unlike
the commercial song and dance extravaganzas of Bollywood, Bengali cinema
is known for its bold experimentation, and the Bengali film industry is
one of the oldest in India. Its most famous proponent is the director
Satyajit Ray, whose 1955 classic The Song of the Road was the first Indian
film to enter the international arena of art cinema. At the official
launch
Radio Prague spoke to the exhibition's curator, Martin Hribek. More
Current AffairsBollywood fans flock to Aero, Svetozor cinemas for Indian film festival
The Prague Bollywood film festival draws to a close on Sunday, after
bringing the sights and sounds of Indian cinema to the Czech capital for
the third year running. The theme of this year's festival is Old
Traditions - New Directions, and spans several decades of Indian film.
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Current AffairsOrganisers promise "bigger and better" Bollywood festival in Prague
This evening sees the grand opening of the third annual Prague Bollywood
Festival - a celebration of Indian film that brings the colourful sights
and sounds of the Indian subcontinent to the Czech Republic. This year the
festival begins at the arthouse Aero cinema in Zizkov before moving on to
the Kino Svetozor off Wenceslas Square. So is Bollywood slowly winning the
hearts and minds of the Czech people? Rob Cameron spoke to organiser
Sangita Shresthova to find out.
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One on OneSangita Shresthova - Czech-Nepalese dancer bringing Bollywood to Prague
Few people can boast of having Czech-Nepalese heritage, fluency in four
languages and an in-depth knowledge of traditional Indian dance. Few
people except maybe Rob Cameron's guest in One on One - Sangita
Shresthova. Sangita's childhood was divided between Prague and Kathmandu,
but now she lives in Prague, where she studies film, teaches and performs
dance. Recently she helped to organise a festival of Bollywood film.
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