{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Drishtikone","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone","author_name":"Desh Kapoor","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/author\/drishtikone\/","title":"White actors on Indian screen - TV and Movies.","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fqLsB788tu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2007\/09\/white-actors-indian-screen-tv-and-movies\/\">White actors on Indian screen &#8211; TV and Movies.<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2007\/09\/white-actors-indian-screen-tv-and-movies\/embed\/#?secret=fqLsB788tu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;White actors on Indian screen &#8211; TV and Movies.&#8221; &#8212; Drishtikone\" data-secret=\"fqLsB788tu\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"There haven't been many white actors on Indian screen. We have had a few Anglo-Indians - but they were Indians who were descendants of foreigners who settled in India. Tom Alter - an actor whose Urdu diction I admired - was one of them. Here on the right he is playing the character of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad - a political luminary of Nehru era. There were obviously more Anglo-Indians before the Independence era or in early 1950's. But either they moved out or just bowed out of bollywood. Now, for the first time on the Indian small screen - TV - we see a German lady in a soap. She is playing a quintessential Indian bahu or daughter-in-law. She has done a few of the good soaps - like Astitva, ek Prem Kahani - and a few movies. She is now engaged to a guy who is into the show business. So her journey into the Indian movie world is far from over. Her name is Suzzane Bernert, and she can be seen in Kasauti Zindagi Kay. I am obviously not an Indian soap fan.. but the women may want to watch her perform. Some excerpts from her interview:   How was your first experience facing the camera?   I was really nervous as I had to shoot in a salwar kamez, tikka and heavy jewellery. I gave it my best shot. Alok Nath was very happy and complimented me. That gave me confidence.   I am still in touch with some of the members of Astitva. I came to Mumbai and met my fiance Akhil Mishra. I have been doing theatre with him since 2005.","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/thehindu\/fr\/2006\/02\/17\/images\/2006021703200301.jpg"}