When Jews ran ..... Bollywood?

Flip_flop_politics
Published on Jun 19, 2021
With Bollywood being in the news so much, I thought why not go back to a time when 'The Jews ran .... Bollywood?' When Jewish women took advantage of a prohibition against female Muslim and Hindu actors â€” and became national icons. These actresses include some of the most famous names in Indian cinema: silent-era star Sulochana; cousins Miss Rose and Pramila (who was also the first post-independence Miss India); and Nadira.

The over-the-top action sequences and large-scale dance numbers of Indiaâ€™s massive Hindustani-language film industry are recognizable across the world, but most Westerners probably donâ€™t know that many of the industryâ€™s early female stars were actually Jewish.