How Bollywood defines masculinity | Dalip Tahil | TEDxMICA
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2017-07-18
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Bollywood is a depiction of the society and society is a depiction of Bollywood. Storylines and characters have evolved with time and so has society's ideal"hero". Dalip Tahil talks about the changing definition of masculinity in the Indian Film Industry
Dalip Tahil is a renowned Indian film, television and theatre actor. He has appeared in more than 100 Bollywood movies by starting his acting career in 1974 with a very successful movie, Ankur. In 1980 Ramesh Sippy offered him the role of a villain in his epic production Shaan. This was followed by a cameo in Sir Richard Attenborough's Gandhi in 1982. On television, he has played roles in Sanjay Khan's television serial The Sword of Tipu Sultan and Ramesh Sippy's Buniyaad. Thereafter he worked in his first British television series: Bombay Blue. He gained national recognition across the UK when he won the role of Dan Ferreira in the iconic BBC1 soap opera EastEnders in 2003, appearing in over 60 episodes. He is currently working in Siya ke Ram, a mythological epic TV series on Star Plus playing the role of King Dasaratha.
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