The acting of four Jews had a huge impact on the Indian film industry.
They were all female.
This is one of the lesser-known facts in all of cinema, and it is the topic of Danny Ben-groundbreaking Moshe’s 2013 documentary “Shalom Bollywood.”
Men played women’s roles in the early days of Indian film since it was thought “indecent” and “immoral” for Hindu and Muslim women to perform in this new medium.
There were no such restrictions for India’s few Jews.
