Bollywood/Hollywood
by Deepa Mehta
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Actor: Dina Pathak, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Lisa Ray, Moushumi Chatterjee, Rahul KhannaDirector: Deepa Mehta
Cinematographer: Douglas Koch
Writer: Deepa Mehta
Producer: Ajay Virmani
Producer: Camelia Frieberg
Producer: David Hamilton
Producer: Mehernaz Lentin
Producer: Robert Wertheimer
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Hindi (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-08
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Arts Alliance Amer
Movie Reviews of Bollywood/Hollywood
Movie Review: Lighthearted flick from Deepa Mehta
Summary: 5 Stars
OK, so Deepa Mehta has made films like Earth/Fire/Water with a strong social undertone. Bollywood/Hollywood is just another- but lighthearted and fun, especially to Indians living in Toronto!
I say that because the humour is only appreciated if you're Indian originally or have seen tons of Bollywood films- it's a parody of that.
So having sorted out THAT- the story is about an Indian family now living in Ontario (yours to discover). Rahul has to get married, which means finding himself a good Indian girl or else be happy with the one Mummy chooses. He decides on the former, and promptly decides to hire a suitable girl. What ensues is Lisa Ray portraying a convincingly indian girl of good values and morals also living in Ontario, being introduced to Rahul's family amid some singing Bollywood style (ofcourse).
This film touches on double standards (you've got to find out exactly what), some beautiful poetry and romance. Torontonians will have fun trying to recognise and pinpoint different locations/venues filmed.
Highly recommended- along with Monsoon Wedding.
Summary of Bollywood/Hollywood
When people from a culture largely defined by bollywood find themselves in an environment that is saturated with hollywood the result is a state of mind that celebrates these two seemingly disparate worlds. Studio: Arts Alliance America Release Date: 11/08/2005 Run time: 105 minutes Rating: Pg13Bollywood Hollywood is a delightful, cross-cultural parody of both India's and America's musical film traditions. Directed by Deepa Mehta (Earth), Bollywood Hollywood concerns the desperate effort of wealthy businessman Rahul (Rahul Khanna) to get his mother and grandmother off his back when it comes to his romantic life. In love with a white pop-star girlfriend (Jessica Paré), Rahul's fortunes change when she dies. Still grieving, he is told by his mother that Rahul's only sister won't be allowed to marry until he finds a nice Indian girl to wed. The solution: hire a beautiful, dark-skinned, allegedly Spanish escort named Sue (Lisa Ray) to pose as his Indian fiancée. With tongue firmly planted in cheek, Mehta pokes fun at a number of Bollywood cinema clichés, especially that familiar mix of modern luxury and old world traditions, melodramas involving the saddest of character backstories, and spontaneous musical numbers that remind one as much of Hollywood's Golden Age as Bollywood's current one. --Tom Keogh
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