Spielberg mingles with Bollywood stars in India
Wednesday - 3/13/2013, 3:54pm ET
FILE - In this March 11, 2013 file photo, Director Steven Spielberg waves to the media as he leaves Indian Industrialist Anil Ambani's office in Mumbai, India. The multiple Oscar-winning American director told Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan in a television interview aired Tuesda, March 13, 2013, that he chooses to work only on films that call out to him. Spielberg is in the western city of Mumbai — the home of Bollywood — to celebrate the success of his movie "Lincoln," which was co-produced by the Indian company Reliance Entertainment. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Movie director Steven Spielberg says he chooses his work based on emotion, not business.
The multiple Oscar-winning American director told Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan in a television interview aired Tuesday that he chooses to work only on films that call out to him.
Spielberg is in the western city of Mumbai -- the home of Bollywood -- to celebrate the success of "Lincoln," which was co-produced by the Indian company Reliance Entertainment.
He attended a glitzy Bollywood party Tuesday night, mingling with several top Indian actors, including Bachchan and his wife, actress Jaya Bachchan, and his daughter-in-law, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, a former Miss World who is also an actress.
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