This low-budget documentary has its heart in the right place. If it had followed the title’s promise and stuck to an examination of the Indian film industry, it would have been an interesting production. Unfortunately, the filmmakers try for an Errol-Morris-arty look and feel. Even that might have been okay even on a low budget. But then we’re treated to extended sequences of working class Indians at work and play. If I need an emotionally charged portrait of poverty in India, I’ll re-watch Born into Brothels. Here it contributes little and takes away screen time that could have been devoted to the task at hand. Mildly amusing
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