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Bobby Friction: Actress Manisha Koirala speaks ahead of a special showing of her classic film Bombay

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20/07/2015

Actress Manisha Koirala speaks ahead of a special showing of her classic film Bombay

BBC Asian Network - Bobby Friction, Actress Manisha Koirala speaks ahead of a special showing of her classic film Bombay

Bobby inspects the movie Damini in the Film Surgery with Doc Bollywood.

Bobby inspects the movie Damini in the Film Surgery with Doc Bollywood. The film starred Sunny Deol, Rishi Kapoor and Meenakshi Sheshdari.

Bobby inspects and dissects the movie Damini from 1993 with Doc Bollywood in The Film Surgery.

In a film industry that's dominated my men and strong male characters Damini is a rare female centric film with Meenakshi Joshi taking the lead role and having more screen time than her co-stars, Sonny Deol and Rishi Kapoor. 

Lecturer in film studies from Manchester University, Dr Rajinder Dudrah aka Doc Bollywood looks back at the moments and music that made the iconic film that it has become.

Bobby plays a game of Antakshri and reads heart breaking story in Meri Meri Kahani.

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