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[EDNOTE. Sandy Klein sends notice of an article in the Hindustan Times
announcing a new Bollywood film based on Lolita. - - SES]
Bollywood's literary musings
Diganta Guha and Kathakali Jana
Kolkata, May 3, 2006
As filmmakers Ram Gopal Varma and K Shashilal Nair tailor-make Vladimir
Nabokov's 1955 novel, Lolita, to suit their individual sensitivities and
budgets, they underscore Bollywood's current date with literature in
English. [. . . ] Lolita's many screen adaptations - including the
Stanley Kubrick film in 1962 - have been mired in controversy over its
44-year-old narrator and his 14-year-old obsession, Lolita. Varma and
Nair are surely enthused by an increasingly modern audience.
Here's a link to the entire article:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1689720,001100030003.htm
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announcing a new Bollywood film based on Lolita. - - SES]
Bollywood's literary musings
Diganta Guha and Kathakali Jana
Kolkata, May 3, 2006
As filmmakers Ram Gopal Varma and K Shashilal Nair tailor-make Vladimir
Nabokov's 1955 novel, Lolita, to suit their individual sensitivities and
budgets, they underscore Bollywood's current date with literature in
English. [. . . ] Lolita's many screen adaptations - including the
Stanley Kubrick film in 1962 - have been mired in controversy over its
44-year-old narrator and his 14-year-old obsession, Lolita. Varma and
Nair are surely enthused by an increasingly modern audience.
Here's a link to the entire article:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1689720,001100030003.htm
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm