大象传媒

Nikki Bedi talks to the Indian film actress Kalki Koechlin who stars in Bollywood as well as independent films. She tells Nikki how Shakespeare is perfectly relevant in modern day India no matter which Indian language he is performed in. Plus, Israeli writer Amos Oz explains why Judas who betrayed Jesus Christ in the Christian gospels deserves a better press.

We hear from the film director Ira Sachs about his latest film Little Men while Ron Howard who has a string of Hollywood successes to his name, reveals why his new documentary about The Beatles - Eight Days a Week - was a joy, a labour of love and a huge responsibility.

In 2010 the writer Emma Donoghue enjoyed a phenomenal success with her book Room, later made into a film. For her latest work, The Wonder, she goes back to her native Ireland in the 19th Century - a story about a young girl who is heralded for surviving without food, in the days when eating disorders went undiagnosed. We have a report from Uganda about Phiona Mutesi, the chess champion whose success story has recently been made into a Disney film. And, Songhoy Blues, the music group from Mali where making secular music has been a dangerous activity during the recent conflict, talk about how music is the very essence of the soul.

(Photo: Kalkin Koechlin (c) Philippe Lopez/Getty, Emma Donoghue (c) Ethan Miller/Getty, Amos Oz (c) Uzi Varon)