Monday,
November
06,
2006
Varanasi
(UNI):
Doe-eyed
Bollywood
beauty
Aishwarya
Rai
and
Big
B
Amitabh
Bachchan
are
a
big
hit
with
film
watchers
in
Suriname,
which
is
craving
to
view
Ash-starrer
Umrao
Jaan
soon.
''In
the
past
it
has
been
Vaijyanti
Mala
Bali
and
Waheeda
Rehman
who
have
been
a
hit
with
large
Hindi
film
viewers
in
Suriname.
Later,
Hema
Malini
ruled
the
roost
with
Surinamese
film-watchers,
but
of
late
former
Miss
World
Aishwarya
Rai
has
donned
the
avtar
of
'dream
girl'
in
the
country,
which
has
more
than
35
per
cent
population
of
Indian
origin,''
Suriname's
ambassador
to
New
Delhi
Krishna
Dutt
Baijnath
told
mediapersons
here
last
evening.
Among
the
heroes
of
Bollywood,
evergreen
Dev
Anand
has
been
a
hit
in
Suriname
in
the
past,
but
Amitabh
Bachchan
has
now
surpassed
the
popularity
of
Dev
Sahib
in
the
country
located
on
the
Northern
shore
of
South
America.
Mr
Baijnath
arrived
in
the
city
last
evening
on
a
three-day
visit.
Speaking
over
the
Ash
craze
in
Suriname,
Mr
Baijnath
said
''We
in
Suriname
eagerly
await
to
see
J
P
Dutta's
Umrao
Jaan
on
our
TV
screens
through
channels
that
round
the
clock
telecast
Bollywood
movies.
The
Surinamese
film-watchers
are
eager
to
see
Ash
essay
the
role
of
famous
courtesan
of
Oudh
--
an
act
done
wonderfully
by
Rekha
in
the
past,
Mr
Baijnath
added.
Throwing
light
on
Ramayan
in
Suriname,
Mr
Baijnath
said
tele-serial
Ramayana
directed
by
Ramanand
Sagar
has
been
a
hit
with
one
and
all
and
not
only
those
of
Indian
origin,
majority
of
whom
belong
to
East
Uttar
Pradesh
and
Bihar.
''Even
a
Japanese
boy
in
one
the
schools
imitated
Lord
Ram's
character
after
viewing
Arun
Govil
as
Rama
in
the
ever
popular
tele-serial,''
he
maintained.
Mr
Baijnath,
whose
mother
hails
from
the
neighbouring
Ghazipur
district,
however,
regrets
that
owing
to
paucity
of
time,
he
cannot
visit
the
land
from
where
his
mother's
family
has
originated.
The
visiting
diplomat
was
also
called
upon
Banaras
Hindu
University
(BHU)
vice-chancellor
Panjab
Singh
later
this
evening.