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The Curry Eastern Takeaway

The Curry Eastern Takeaway Public Culme Vol. 2, No. 2 Spring 1990 Kipling's Gunga Din creation is a dog-eared prototype for the loyal native. And, what went the other way were the cabaret girls for that touch of modem glamour (all that is Western is considered modem, like short hair for the heroines of the '60s and the cha-cha-cha) and Humphrey Bogart trench coats for home-grown sleuths. What is new and interesting, however, are the hybrids being produced from all this to-and-fro between the continents. Bombay commercial cinema has certainly bitten off large chunks of American box office hits - though none too well-digested - and then indigenised them. But what is a Curry Eastern? you might well ask. The Spaghetti Westem has been on the menu a long time. And India has a fairly old tradition of the Curry Western: these are usually remakes, often frame for frame, of American Westerns which have been grafted onto Indian landscapes and anchored with heavy doses of Indian morality - and, of course, the Indian archetypes. And then we have had the Raj films - scores of films about the British set in India. More recently, there has been a Raj Revival with The http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Public Culture Duke University Press

The Curry Eastern Takeaway

Jain, Madhu
Public Culture , Volume 2 (2) – Apr 1, 1990
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Duke University Press
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Copyright 1990 by Duke University Press
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Public Culme Vol. 2, No. 2 Spring 1990 Kipling's Gunga Din creation is a dog-eared prototype for the loyal native. And, what went the other way were the cabaret girls for that touch of modem glamour (all that is Western is considered modem, like short hair for the heroines of the '60s and the cha-cha-cha) and Humphrey Bogart trench coats for home-grown sleuths. What is new and interesting, however, are the hybrids being produced from all this to-and-fro between the continents. Bombay commercial cinema has certainly bitten off large chunks of American box office hits - though none too well-digested - and then indigenised them. But what is a Curry Eastern? you might well ask. The Spaghetti Westem has been on the menu a long time. And India has a fairly old tradition of the Curry Western: these are usually remakes, often frame for frame, of American Westerns which have been grafted onto Indian landscapes and anchored with heavy doses of Indian morality - and, of course, the Indian archetypes. And then we have had the Raj films - scores of films about the British set in India. More recently, there has been a Raj Revival with The

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Published: Apr 1, 1990

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