Dalits and Indian entertainment industry ?

[Kulbir]

In article g...@gladiolus.cs.sfu.ca, kul...@cs.sfu.ca (Kulbir) writes:

Excerpts from a news item in soc.culture.indian:

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: On the rising stars in playback singing, she (Lata Mangeshkar) said she
: pinned her hopes on Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
: and Kavita Krishnamurty.

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The topic of class/caste disparities in India is of special interest to
me. The pronounced caste disparities in Indian academia could be
understandable and may be attributed to centuries of neglect towards
education by certain castes. I would like to know how different castes
are doing in entertainment industry. There was a time when there were
quite a few Muslim artistes in Indian film industry. How about
Dalit artistes ? Has Indian film industry produced any Dalit
directors/producers/heroes/heroines/play back singers/script
writers/choreographers in its close to 50 years history? Information and
comments would be appreciated.

regards,

kulbir singh

[Kulbir Singh]

sre...@ktpsp1.uni-paderborn.de wrote:
: In article <572fu4$g...@gladiolus.cs.sfu.ca>, kul...@cs.sfu.ca says...

: >quite a few Muslim artistes in Indian film industry. How about

: >Dalit artistes ? Has Indian film industry produced any Dalit
: >directors/producers/heroes/heroines/play back singers/script
: >writers/choreographers in its close to 50 years history? Information and
: >comments would be appreciated.

: I am aware of atleast three script writers/lyricists in Telugu film
: industry, some of them making their film debut way back in
: pre-independance days.

: Regards,
: Sreenivas

What would be the total strength roughly, in numbers, of Telugu entertainment
industry ? What is the Telugu Dalit population ?

regards,

kulbir singh