Academy Award and Bafta-nominated director Mira Nair's (Salaam Bombay!, Monsoon Wedding) film explores the power of laughter through the strangely popular phenomenon of laughing clubs in contemporary Bombay.
Founded in 1995 by medical doctor Madan Kataria, with just five people, today the movement has over 6000 clubs in 60 countries. These clubs bring hundreds of people together, beyond caste or class, to laugh for 40 minutes each day.
Tracing the technique back to its roots in India, this film meets founder Madan Kataria and some of the club's members, including a stockbroker, a musician, a widow laughing to cope with the grief of her loss, and two older men who have been friends since their school days and who meet to laugh on a daily basis.
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The Laughing Club of India
Sat 25 Dec 2010
Academy Award and Bafta-nominated director Mira Nair's (Salaam Bombay!, Monsoon Wedding) film explores the power of…
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