'Amitabh Bachchan doesn't need Hollywood'

May 17, 2013 11:42

The Great Gatsby, releases in India today. The film marks Amitabh Bachchan's debut in Hollywood as Jewish gangster Meyer Wolfsheim. After 40 years in the movie business, why has it taken so long for the Bollywood superstar to make it to Tinseltown? In an emailed interview, Rachel Dwyer, professor Indian cultures and cinema at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, told India Real Time that Mr. Bachchan didn't need Hollywood and explained the interplay between the two worlds of film. Read

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