Mira Nair slams Bollywood stars for refusing AIDS awareness films
(No Ratings Yet)Bollywood director Mira Nair has criticised A-list Bollywood actors for refusing to star in a series of short films designed to spread awareness of HIV/AIDS in India.
Nair will direct one of four low-budget, 12-minute movies to be shown in cinemas ahead of full-length Bollywood films, which will be funded by the charity Bill + Melinda Gates Foundation.
But Nair says she was unable to get top Bollywood actors to feature in the shorts because of the association with the disease.
“Lots of stars don’t want to be associated with the virus. Some live and don’t learn,” she was quoted by Contactmusic, as saying.
Meanwhile Nair will be at the helm of the Johnny Depp starrer ‘Shantaram’.
Based on the best selling novel by Gregory David Roberts , Shantaram recalls the adventures of an escaped-con/heroin addict who poses as a doctor treating Bombay vagrant.
Brad Pitt’s banner Plan B is pitching in as well, with shooting that could start as early as fall for a 2008 release, reports Eonline.
— ANI
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