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Indian film director Deepa Mehta

A report from Varanasi, after Hindu extremists destroyed Mehta's film set

After Hindu extremists destroyed her film set, the Indian film director has been forced to stop shooting her latest work Water. The Indian critic Aruna Vasudhev reports from Varanasi.

Also on the programme: modernism and the Bauhaus, Hammer Horror and film culture in Iran.

Presented by Michael Goldfarb.

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29 minutes

麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project