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Posted by anupcs on February 02nd 2008 in Humor, Movies, bollywood
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[Hat Tip to Tomas of The Closet Entrepreneur for the link]

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Posted by riyer on January 19th 2007 in India, Rants, Society, Television, bollywood
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A TV show in Great Britain has brought racism (what else) to the front-page. The row involves Shilpa Shetty, a well known Bollywood sex-symbol and a few Z grade actors. One London wag characterized them as a has-been, an also-ran and a also-ran has-been. Apparently in one of the shows Ms Shetty made references to her servants and drivers in India and from then on things boiled over on the show with Ms Shetty being subjected to frequent verbal abuse. True to form, Indians have taken to the streets in a few cities and burnt Blair, among others, in effigy. While most see this as an issue of race, I agree with Alexander Chancellor of The Guardian when he asserts that this involves - “a certain amount of old-fashioned class hatred towards this privileged Indian princess”. Race after all is an American obsession, Brits on the other hand are terribly obsessed with class.

Responding to public outcry the vitriol on the show has turned the corner and in what seems to be a tableau vivant moment, hugs and apologies have been dished out. All this may be a tad too little, too late for the has-beens and the also-rans since their careers have taken a nose-dive. One of them has reportedly lost out on a 6-figure modeling contract and another is facing similar decline in fortunes. As for Ms Shetty - she is laughing all the way to the bank - since her contract is reported to be £3,50,000 to participate in this spectacle)

For that kind of money you can wake me up in the middle of the night and call me a “Poppodam”.

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Posted by riyer on December 24th 2006 in Entertainment, India, Movies, Music, Television, bollywood
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The wife and I were catching up with some unseen flicks from earlier in the year and decided to watch “Inside Man”. The movie begins (and ends) with the audio track of the popular hindi song “Chaiya Chaiya“. It turns out that it was the 2nd time I recognized the song being used in a sound track. Earlier in the week, I was watching an episode of CSI and I recognized the notes of this song used in the background. Later I was told by friends yesterday that the same song was used in another TV show named “Smith”.

Methinks maybe they should buy a few more bollywood CDs - I would recommend Shobha Mudugal next. I love the following quote from her “…I regret the fact that classical music is turning into a museum art, to be pulled out when you want to boast about the glory of an antique old tradition…”

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Posted by bab on August 21st 2006 in Dance, Humor, India, Movies, bollywood
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This is an old video about a white guy doing a bollywood number.

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