I completely agree with the comment that Indian films are virtually ignored by the western world, what solution or rather what indication, if any, are there to suggest such an issue, for India was a much explored area of the world, particularly in the sixties and seventies, yet very few films were imported here through out those decades; and although the country remains a haven for mysticism and spirtuality, India for some reason continues to be considered somewhat of a joke (e.i. Holy Smoke's ludicrious stabs at Indian cultism).  Perhaps the on-slaught of hundreds of films per year mostly by Bollywood studios, of which a good majority resort to traditional Hollywood musical plots and sensibilites, has made the more serious films diminish in comparison.  I know from an interview with a local filmmaker who is native to the land, that a film is next to impossible to sell, let alone make, if it is not backed by Bollywood studios and stars.  India produces more than 700 films per year, and yet I can't remember the last one that came to my local art house. It seems a bit sad, that filmmakers of a struggling nation should be ignored because the majority of the public prefers watered-down musicals. . . 

- by the way the last Indian films that came to our art house were Kama Sutra & Bandit Queen a few years back (the latter of which you should see)