Roses and Lotuses: A Tale of Two Sisters, Chokher Bali and Aishwarya Rai

Dave Hoskin argues against homogenizing Asian horror films. Hoskin discusses the parallels between recent Japanese, Korean and Thai horror films and their cultural specificities. He analyses A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Jee-Woon, 2003), its links to Korean folklore and mythology and details lost in translation, but important for our understanding of the film. McKibbins discusses the new Bengali film, Chokher Bali: A Passion Play and the on and off screen persona of its star, 'the most beautiful woman in the world', Aishwarya Rai.