Bollywood No Longer A Dream Too Far for India's Lower Castes

MUMBAI -- With a résumé listing his acting gigs in rural folk theater and a handful of slightly out-of-focus head shots, Birendra Paswan arrived in this crowded city from his rural village in Bihar, one of India's poorest states, and asked, "Where's Bollywood?"
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Emily Wax

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