Steven Spielberg Mingles With Bollywood Stars In India

First Published: March 13, 2013 10:30 AM EDT Credit: Getty Images

NEW DELHI, India -- Caption Steven Spielberg arrives at the 63rd Annual ACE Eddie Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 16, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif.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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