Friday, 21 December
Liz Mermin, A.B. 1993
In her January 2008, UK-release documentary Shot In Bombay, Mermin captures the behind-the-scenes drama of the making and release of a Bollywood film, Shootout at Lokhandwala, featuring Bollywood screen legend Sanjay Dutt in his last film before serving a six-year prison sentence for illegal arms possession related to the perpetrators of the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts. The chaos surrounding Dutt’s court case and dramatic displays of adoration and condemnation the proceedings provoked from the stars' fans drove the volatile plot for Mermin’s documentary.
