Bollywood making film about Jesus / LJWorld.com

Jerusalem — The first Bollywood movie about the childhood of Jesus will be shot in the Holy Land in the coming months, Indian filmmakers said Tuesday.

Director Singeetham Srinivasa Rao said his production will be narrated in four languages and feature an all-Indian cast of child actors and seven devotional songs.

Producer Konda Krishnam Raju told a news conference that the film focuses on the childhood of Jesus, a contrast with other movies that depict the later years. “This is the first presentation of this type in Bollywood history,” he said.

While the movie has special significance for Christians, it is “intended for a global audience,” Rao said.

Christians in India number 24 million, or about 2.3 percent of the country’s population.

Religious Indian films have traditionally used child actors to highlight the “innocence, sanctity and divinity” of religious figures, the director said. Rao’s film will follow that tradition, using the child actors to depict adult characters as well as children.

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 2 years, 8 months ago

But where are they going to find a blond, blue-eyed Indian?

mr_right_wing 2 years, 8 months ago

Whaaa? I'm not for once going to be in agreement with bozo am I?

Are you getting at the fact that more likely than not Jesus was not the blond long-haired blue eyed aryan He is portrayed as 90% of the time? He was most likely dark-skinned with short curly hair. (The beard part is most likely right.) From what the Bible says (it doesn't go into a whole lot of detail) He was rather plain as far as looks go.

The whole long-hair thing makes no sense when you look at what the Bible says in I Cor 11:14.