Bollywood takes show on the road to Chinese venue
MACAU: Bollywood's top stars gathered in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macao yesterday for the Indian film industry's annual roadshow, pitching their elaborate song-and-dance productions to the booming Chinese market and other Asian countries.
One of the industry's biggest names, Amitabh Bachchan, kicked off the 10th International Indian Film Academy weekend by planting a lotus flower - the official flower of both India and Macao.
The 66-year-old veteran actor said he welcomed the attention brought to India by the Oscar-winning British movie Slumdog Millionaire - the story of an orphan from Mumbai's slums who wins the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - but argued that Bollywood can tell its own stories with equal flair.
