{"id":1041,"date":"2005-02-08T01:08:38","date_gmt":"2005-02-08T06:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=1041"},"modified":"2005-04-13T13:21:06","modified_gmt":"2005-04-13T18:21:06","slug":"is_norway_the_n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/02\/08\/is_norway_the_n\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Norway the new Bollywood?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>No, but the Scandinavian country of 4.5 million people is pumping out South\nAsian entertainers at a fantastic clip.<\/p>\n\n

Last week we read about, heard, and ultimately shredded the musical\nofferings from Norway-born Deeyah<\/a>. This week we present actress and model Negar Khan, who was\nborn in Iran, but raised in Norway, and considers the country her home. You’ve\nprobably never heard of her, but she has appeared in several music videos and\nstarred in Bollywood films as an “item girl.”<\/p>\n\n

Khan’s name was on everyone’s lips yesterday when the industry\nlearned that she was deported from India for allegedly working without valid\nvisa documents. From Indo-Asian News Service:<\/p>\n\n

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Police officials said Khan had been working in India without a proper work\npermit and that she had refused to respond to repeated notices sent by authorities\non the issue.<\/p>\n

“We sent her a notice one month back but she didn’t respond. She\nwas working here without proper documents,” Mumbai Police Commissioner\nA.N. Roy told reporters.<\/p>\n

Bollywood reacted with shock to the sudden deportation of Khan, terming the\ntreatment meted out to her as inappropriate. “The manner in which she has\nbeen deported is absolutely indecorous,” said leading filmmaker Mahesh\nBhatt.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

But were the reactions of shock just another bad Bollywood acting\njob? It appears that the deportation of Khan is part of an effort that was prompted by peers who were tired of losing jobs to outsiders:<\/p>\n\n

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Police officials said Khan’s arrest and her deportation was part of\na larger crackdown against foreigners working in India’s film and advertising\nindustry without valid papers.<\/p>\n

They, however, did not say if any other film personalities were facing a probe.<\/p>\n

Indian actors and models have for long been complained that non-resident Indians\ncome to India on tourist visas and pick up plum projects.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Today’s temperature in Oslo is expected to hit a high of 32 degrees.\nThis marked the first time that it sucked to be a Khan in Bollywood.<\/p>\n\n

IANS\/Yahoo!: Negar Khan deported for visa breach, industry stunned<\/a>
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