Mountains, makeshift cinemas: Bhutan's battle to make movies

2014/12/31 19:46:06 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

When Bhutan & #039;s top director Tshering Wangyel finishes a film, he and his staff take to the Himalayan countryside for months at a time armed with a projector, tent, screen and tickets. Not only do you have to teach yourself the filmmaking basics, but you must lug a makeshift cinema from village to village to reach Bhutan & #039;s movie-loving population. Despite the lack of infrastructure, Bhutan & #039;s 25-year-old industry is thriving, with audiences in one of the most remote countries on earth flocking to homegrown movies that blend Bollywood with traditional Buddhist teachings. Wangyel began his career in government, but the avid Bollywood fan, who grew up in a country where Indian musicals were a staple, always had movies on his mind.
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