Kathmandu and the Reality of Bollywood
From Himal Southasian (1 SEPTEMBER, 2013) The popularity of Hindi films in Kathmandu is such that, while awaiting the rise of ‘national cinema’, there is a need to adjust philosophically to the presence of Bollywood In the early 1960s, Kathmandu was a valley just awakening to the 20th century. Matters already commonplace in the metropolises …