As mentioned by a couple of you guys, the celebration of Bollywood is about to start at Selfridges. Here's some info from a couple of websites:
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HOORAY FOR BOLLYWOOD If you are a Bollywood beginner, what better way to get to know this amazing culture than at your favourite store. Throughout May both London and Manchester will be transformed. This is a celebration the likes of which our customers have never seen before - a world packed with energy and diversity, full of gorgeous sounds and visual imagery, rich fabrics, colour, contrast, music...the list is endless.
Expect something different at Selfridges in May and expect it to be on an epic scale. There's a host of special events and celebrity appearances lined up so keep an eye on
http://www.selfridges.com for details.
Bollywood at Selfridges is proudly bought to you by our major sponsor Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces with kind support from Channel 4, Air India, King Fisher, Tea Board of India and Mac. You can experience a real taste of India when top Taj chefs take over our restaurant kitchens.
On a more serious note, throughout May we will be raising money for Street Kids Community Villages, a children's charity in Vijayawada in South India (
http://www.skcv.com). We have already donated £30,000 towards a new village and school and will be continuing our fundraising with your help. If you would like to make a donation, please call 020 7318 3395 and quote SKCV Children's Charity
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AB leads Bollywood celebrations in Britain
Amitabh Bachchan will join a host of Bollywood film personalities to celebrate 23 1/2 Days of Bollywood, a festival organised by Selfridges in Britain in May.
The festival will be held at Selfridges' departmental store on Oxford Street in London and at its branch in Manchester.
The festival will run at Selfridges May 3-26 and aims to be the biggest celebration ever mounted of Bollywood's film culture in Britain.
The entire store is being transformed for the festival with film sets created Nitin Desai, one of Bollywood's most celebrated set designers.
The Selfridges show will include appearances by stars, film dance shows, film screenings, fashion shows, interviews and discussions with leading authors and a full-scale recreation of a Bollywood star's mansion.
India's fashion and interior designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla have designed the Bollywood Star mansion, based on the home of actress Dimple Kapadia.
The season will also feature a series of lectures and discussions with leading authors including Justine Hardy, Chris England, Nasreen Munni Kabir, Ruchir Joshi, Anita Nair, Shyama Perera, Hari Kunzru, William Sutcliffe, Ismail Merchant and Manju Malhi.
And I was also able to get my hands on the Selfridges book on the celebration. The programme is as follows:-
May 6 - 12: Dance Week, Performances by Ganesh Hegde and Honey Kalaria
May 13 -19: Music Week, Bollywood acts, DJs..etc.
May 20 -26: Costume Week, Fashion shows, palmists and henna painters. Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla also present.
Have fun!
Edited By Ravneeta on April 22 2002 at 05:10
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Events listed on the web site include Amitabh Bacchan signing "copies of his films" in the Stationery section on the Ground floor of the London store on Friday 3rd May between 12 - 1. Dimple Kapadia also signing copies of her films in London on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th between 2 - 3.
