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Britain's Prince Charles launches Bollywood film on Indian mutiny.

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire

| November 04, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Mumbai [Bombay], 4 November: Ironical it may seem but heir to the British throne Prince Charles on Tuesday [4 November] gave a clap to the mahurat (inaugural) shot of Bollywood film on Mangal Pandey, the Indian sepoy who revolted against the British empire's mighty East India Company.

"Rising, mahurat shot, take one-clap", a smiling Charles, dressed in a blue suit, said while giving the clap for the Ketan Mehta-directed Indo-British joint venture featuring Aamir Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee and Toby Stevans.

There was a loud round of applause as Charles gave the clap and later Aamir …

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