How Bollywood came to a Welsh hospital

doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7558.101

BMJ 2006;333:101 (8 July), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7558.101

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How Bollywood came to a Welsh hospital

Ophthalmologist's film explores medical migration

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Perhaps it is the close-up view of an intracapsular cataractextraction just minutes into the film's opening scenes thatgives the first clue that this is no ordinary romance; or perhapsit is the warning that "this film is representative of contemporarylife... [but] any resemblance to any person, living or dead,is coincidental." But for many in the UK medical world it willbe the unexpected appearance on the big screen of strangelyfamiliar faces and places that gives the game away.

For Bhavishya: The Future is more "Bollywood meets medical documentarymeets health education promo" than a standard feature film.What it lacks in cinematic polish and performer professionalismit certainly makes up for in curiosity value.

The man behind it is Nikhil Kaushik, a consultant ophthalmologistat Wrexham Maelor Hospital in North Wales. He says: "I longdebated that first shot [of the eye surgery]. More normally. . . [Full text of this article]

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Naomi Marks, freelance journalist

Brighton naomi@naomimarks.co.uk

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