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The Queens of Bollywood

When Jewish women were the leading ladies of Indian cinema
By Vox Tablet | 7:00 AM Jun 29, 2009

Rose Ezra. Ruby Myers. Farhat Ezekiel Nadira. From the earliest years of Bollywood, these and other Jewish actresses garnered starring roles. And while they may have looked somewhat exotic to moviegoers, they came from Baghdadi Jewish families who had been living in India for decades. Reporter Eric Molinsky speaks to ...