Salman Rushdie on His Interest in Film and Acting
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Channel: Emory University · 2012 · Education
University Distinguished Professor Salman Rushdie participated in a class discussion led by Associate Professor of English Deepika Bahri with undergraduate students at Emory University on March 7, 2012. Here he discusses his background in theatre in London as a young man as well as some of his more recent cameos in film—and the disappointment of missing the opportunity to appear in what was then called "Untitled Will Ferrell Nascar Movie." Rushdie also talks about working with Deepa Mehta on the film production of "Midnight's Children." The interdisciplinary course, "India Today: Economics, Politics, Innovation, and Sustainability," is supported by The Halle Institute for Global Learning (www.halleinstitute.emory.edu).
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