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Synopsis
After directing the artistically acclaimed movies like ‘Fire’ and ‘Earth’ Toronto-based Deepa Mehta has made a comeback with a comic
film ‘Bollywood Hollywood’ that tells a romantic story with Bollywood sensibilities.
The film has Rahul Khanna playing a suave millionaire Rahul Seth who is in love with his Caucasian girlfriend Kimberly (Jessica Pare).
Kimberly is a pop star whom Rahul’s conservative mother (Mausami Chatterjee) and grandmother (Dina Pathak) are unwilling to accept as
their bahu.
However, Rahul believes that he is ‘western’ enough to rebel against his mother and grandmother.
This eventuality never comes as Kimberly dies in an accident.
A bereaving Rahul is prodded by his mother to marry a ‘nice Indian girl’. She even threatens to put off his sister’s wedding until
Rahul decides to tie the knot himself.
Rahul hits upon an ingenious idea and hires the services of Sue ‘Sunita’ Singh (Lisa Ray) to pretend as his Indian bride-to-be. Sue
detests Indian males for being ‘insensitive, sexist chumps’ but accepts Rahul’s offer as she needs money.
Emotional chaos follows after Sue comes close to Rahul’s entire family, including his grandmother, his sister and younger brother and
even his chauffeur. It is not long before everyone, including Rahul, begins to admire Sue. She also drops her preconceived notions
about Indian men.
‘Bollywood Hollywood’ is a clever marriage of Indian and Western sensibilities. The movie is an over the top frolic with energetic
dance numbers and affectionate titles playing on the more predictable plot developments typical of Bollywood kitsch.
Review
‘Bollywood Hollywood’ captures the audience interest despite the red herrings and loose ends in the script. The dialogues in the film
are witty and replete with funny oneliners and puns.
The humor in the movie is not jagged and non-sensical (as is typical of many Bollywood movies). The comedy is situational and
interspersed evenly throughout the plot.
Deepa Mehta has taken an oft-repeated story – of a guy hiring the services of a girl to pose as her lover and wife-to-be – and
presented it in a new way on screen, bringing about a nice and delectable blend of Bollywood kitsch with Hollywood style of
moviemaking.
Acting performances by the film’s leading cast is superb. Particularly, impressive is Lisa Ray who made her Bollywood debut with a
low-key performance in Vikram Bhatt’s Kasoor.
Lisa seems to have a natural flair for comedy and a knack to tickle the funny bone. Moreover, she has grooved perfectly into the role
that is pretty much close to her real self.
Rahul Seth too deliver goods playing the ‘half-confused, half-assured’ young man who gradually falls in love with a girl who ‘detests’
the Indian men as ‘chumps’.
All in all, ‘Bollywood Hollywood’ is a film that will bring a broad smile to faces, even the brooding ones.