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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 0829567025727 Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Arts Alliance Amer Languages: Manufacturer: Arts Alliance Amer MPN: D02572D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Arts Alliance Amer Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 08, 2005 Running Time: 105 minutes Studio: Arts Alliance Amer Theatrical Release Date: 2002 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - speedy with qualityi 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 sweetBollywood/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 ... Read More Rating: - Same wood, different treeI'm a big fan of Bollywood now and this film ranks high on my list. Lisa Ray is beautiful (rivals the Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai) and seems very at ease in front of the camera. Rahul Khanna may not be in as many films as his famous brother, but he certainly holds his own. The film is quirky and pithy and simply a lot of fun. Grandma-ji has great words of wisdom like, "I don't say what I don't mean." Words to live by. Check it out if you love "the sing-song and melodrama" of Bollywood, ... Read More Rating: - Bollywood/hollywoodThis tries to be a tongue in cheek or wisely knowing commentary on the whole Bollywood phenomen as transferred to and experienced by NRIs (non resident Indians) in North America (specifically Canada). There is a dominating grandmother, weepy and manipulative mother, good elder son, dead father, Canadianized and pregnant engaged sister,and lost younger brother. This family is kept in comfort by their cross dressing chauffeur cum butler. Then into the mix enters Sue, a NRI who works as an escort to thumb ... Read More |
