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An extended interview with Baz Luhrmann

Nikki Bedi interviews Australian film director Baz Luhrmann and Indian-American filmmaker Smriti Mundhra

Australian film director Baz Luhrmann, whose first three films 鈥 Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge 鈥 are known as The Red Curtain Trilogy, has moved on to Blue Suede Shoes. He talks to Nikki Bedi about the making of his multiple Oscar-nominated movie, 鈥淓lvis鈥.

And the programme features an interview with Indian-American filmmaker Smriti Mundhra who has just made a four-part series for Netflix about the world of Indian cinema. It鈥檚 called 鈥淭he Romantics鈥 and features a stellar line-up of the biggest Hindi film stars telling stories and sharing insights through the prism of the legendary filmmaking Chopra family.

(Photo: Baz Luhrmann. Credit: Michael Kovac/Getty Images)

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Wed 1 Mar 2023 03:06GMT

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