Deepa Mehta’s Bollywood/Hollywood

dost-mittar
Long ago there was a movie called Sadhna where the hero played by Sunil Dutt brings home a kotheywali played by Vyjayantimala to pose as his fiancee so that his sick mom who is stressed out about a bahu can die peacefully. But the film didnot seek to `mainstream` the kotha profession.

PS: Romair`s theory of Pakistani blood content in Indian actors/actresses also clarifies to me why I have been avoiding Hindi movies for quite some time. Thanks Romair.

Dear dost-mitter ji

after what you tell us in your great review -- the question is -- so what else is new -- -- in bollywood plagiarism of hollywood blockbusters --

the real surprise for the goddess who created Earth – u 2 Deepa Mehta ji? –

anyway will definitely watch it -- till then judgment in suspension -- ethnic films are the in things in comedies these days -- greek wedding is minting money -- may be Toranto will do the same –

Dost-Mitar Ji, don`t know if there was a hoo haa in Toronto. In Vancouver all hell broke loose before the movie had even released. I was quite heavily involved in the pre-release promotional showings, and the amount of negativity being thrown at anyone who was associated was simply unreal. Deepa`s movies unfortunately attract this kind of repsonse from the un-parr sheep that live our community, here and in India. Thankfully it all blew over once the movie released, and it became obvious that the negative hype was completely unfounded.

During the whole `fire`period there was a time when she was being flanked by 4 bodyguards. Ridiculous!.

Deepa has said recently that she will be finishing `Water`, next year. I can`t wait to see it, and I hope she ignores all her critics and just goes ahead and does her thing.

tahmak420: For a while I confused you with tahmed. Afer Ramzan, inshallah........no Keralite porno though! Will pay $20 for anything on Tabbu or Karina Kapoor?

some traditions never die:

``The film opens with a dying Indo-Canadian father asking his son to uphold Indian traditions and values.``

can`t wait to watch this.

Sameer Sahab
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D-mittar Sahib, nice review.

This is a pretty good film. Not great. But an alright romatic comedy. Definitely, worth watching on video. But borderline for spending ten bucks at a theatre.

The best parts of the movie are the two leads. Rahul Khanna is much better than his brother and most other Bollywood actors. I don`t know why he isn`t big in Hindi movies. Maybe he is not interested.

Lisa Ray is definitely a looker. I am going to add her to my list, just slightly behind Ashwariya Rai. Very charming and extremely good looking (must have some Pakistani blood in her :-) ) Perhaps too gora-looking for the Hindi industry. She is a good actress though.

Best acting job was probably by Kulbhushan and Moshami Chaterjee. Its strange seeing the later in a mother`s role, after having grown up seeing her in female heroine roles.

``The real star of the film is Toronto. If there is any one city in the world that defines multiculturalism, it must be Toronto.``

This is definitely true. D-Mittar, do you live in Toronto? I am seriously thinking of moving there soon. Getting tired of the US war anthems.....

I like Mira Nair more than Deepa Mehta but what the heck it is just a movie. When are desis going to grow up and start making X-rated movies, since they are not making anything worthwhile anyway.

Sounds like a pretty insipid and cliched movie.

mittar ji...
ah, there you are! thanks for the review...Moushumi Chatterjee (used to call her Moushumi Chatterbox as kids) hasn`t always impressed me in Bollywood fillums at least, so I won`t be too disappointed. I did like her in a coupla Hindi fillums though, but it was soooo long ago.
I`ve been somewhat disappointed in Deepa Mehta`s `Earth`, `Fire` was good...hopefully this will come to a theater near me...will be on the lookout!