MIT Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies MIT, Room 14E-303 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 Telephone: 617-253-7894 FAX: 617-253-6910

MIT Writers presents . . . Bollywood puts out some nine hundred movies a year. Stephen Alter - a writer who grew up in India and has inside access to Bollywood - acts as translator and tour guide in this firsthand look into the world of Bombay films. Following the making of OMKARA, a Bollywood version of Othello, Alter explores the enourmous popularity of Hindi movies and reveals the actors, directors, musicians, and feats of artifice that make them so compelling and unique. Stephen Alter reading  Monday April 2, 2007 7:00 pm MIT Room 6-120 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA free and open to the public - no tickets required Free and open to the public Sponsored by the MIT Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies Cosponsored by MIT India Program For more information, call 617/253-7894

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