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starring: Rahul Khanna, Lisa Ray, Rishma Malik, Jazz Mann, Moushumi Chatterjee directed by: Deepa Mehta See Larger Image Price: $7.58 as of 09/02/2010 09:33 EDT Used Price: $7.57 Third Party New Price: $7.58 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 0629159031958 Format: NTSC Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageHindiOriginal LanguageSpanishOriginal Language Region Code: 1 Related Items: Water Ball & Chain QuarterLife Crisis Kasoor (2 Disc Set) Bride and Prejudice see more Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Bollywood 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 Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - A bit too offbeat for me This is the story of an Indian family in Canada. There is the young man (Rahul Khanna) who promised Dad to look after the family after his death. The family is an odd one with a brother who takes video footage of everything happening in the family, a drama queen mother, a grandmother who sets people up and then throws off lines from Shakespeare, a pregnant sister engaged to be married. The grandmother wants the young man to find a good Indian woman as a bride. He doesn't want to but appears to comply so his sister can marry. He finds a girl who will pose as an Indian bride and then finds out she is Indian. I could go on and on and give the plot away. However this movie is a string of Bollywood stereotypical situations as situations keep arising that typify well-known Indian movies. That was the OK bit for me. But the treatment was offbeat in a way than jarred for me. It has a sort of intellectual smart-aleck feel to it- almost like a group of film students had got together and woven things together. Actors make references to things like 'existential angst', comments are written over various frames with references to titles of Bollywood movies and we have grandma mouthing responses like 'this is the winter of our discontent'. For me it was more an arthouse vanity project than anything I could sit and enjoy. I did think Rahul Khanna (who was playing it straight and drifting through making reference to the madness around him) was very good. Akshaye Khanna appears as himself ... Read More Rating: - Did a 10yr old direct this movie? WOW!.... Is this the talent from India? India that has produced so many masterpieces? Well..I know the folks who made this movie are from Canada. So I understand that you have to scratch the barrel to find some South Asian talent. But this was pathetic. I was like..do I laugh now at this point, so as to not make the producers and director feel bad. There must be some humor here somewhere.... All those feelings are ok provided a 10 year old directed this movie. But this was sad. Greatest love stories ever told on film: http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/R2KA5HYKSJ862R/ref=cm_pdp_lm_title_1 Rating: - speedy with quality i had no problems getting my order. in fact they were faster than i thought they'd be, usually this means it's a horrible product but it was in great condition. Rating: - Creative, but fell short on expectations. Having watched her filmography in reverse, this project does not compare to the better funded and more experienced films of the present. But it was interesting to watch the beginnings of a very good film director's career. Deepa showed that she would not be anchored down by the bindings of some eastern cultures. Rating: - Good, if a bit sickingly sweet Bollywood/Hollywood is a playful, fun film that will leave you feeling somewhat good, if a bit akin to gorging on too much cotton candy. It's superficial, to be honest, and a romance that is all-too imaginary and contrived, but hey, who am I to judge? Maybe out in this great world of ours such things do happen. I would highly recommend this only if you are already a fan of Indian films, otherwise, you may be confused, and, you may also not enjoy this film is you're not a fan of more ethnic fare, as there are many references to Indian lifestyle and culture in this. see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display