In addition to watching movies and imitating dance routines very poorly, Beth Watkins work in the world cultures museum of a big university in Illinois, has a dog, and likes to read and knit, both of which are hard to do while watching subtitled movies. She started watching Bollywood movies until recently with Bride and Prejudice and is ever since hooked to Indian cinema beyond Bollywood.

My creations

Nayak and A Hard Day’s Night

A Hard Day’s Night (dir: Richard Lester, 1964) which marked the film debut of the rock-and-roll blockbuster Beatles has an uncanny connection with Satyajit Ray’s Nayak (1966), released just two years later.