Hollywood turning to Bollywood, and earning profits

May 29, 2008 No Comments »

This is a nice post on how a Hollywood movie featuring an American Indian (Kal Penn) and American Korean is doing quite well at the box office in terms of making dollars. The author aptly says:

HOLLYWOOD TRENDS ARE BECOMING ….NEED I SAY….SLIGHTLY SOUTH ASIAN!!!

And honestly I don’t give a rat’s behind what the critics, etc, feel of the film, I don’t care, cause they don’t count. Business counts, ROI counts, and like it or not, success counts and Harold and Kumar are giving a very $$$ oriented statement, as opposed to an IT IS DIFFERENT statement, and the former statements are always heard loud and clear.

The author also throws insightful light on the changing Bollywood stereotypes:

Non Typical Bollywood films are now becoming very typical. Although the film was bad, the fact remains, that person who is setting up the Television department of SRK’s Red Chillies, is making films with Rahul Bose, Kay Kay Menon and Javed Jaffrey. Rajat Kapoor is coming as a leading guy (none of the side hero please , given that in most cases he anyway overpowers the hero) with Neha Dhupia. Big, bad and commercial Sanjay Gupta is planning to make Chitra Devakurni’s novels into films. AB is coming in movies directed by Leena Yadav (as opposed to the regular folks he works with). Allegedly folks such as Rajpal Yadav, Vinay, Ranvir are asking for and getting a crore….and more power to them for that…while I can’t pay them that…it feels good that they are getting their market dues and that due is not linked to you being a star bachcha or relative. The “old” school of RGV is still star obsessed, but there is a whole world of “old RGV sensibilities” that has sprung up and is boldly going where others feared. Add to this the alternative, but still commercially lucrative world of films that Rajat/Naseer/KayKay/Madhur/Bhavna, etc make……DRASTIC CHANGES ARE HAPPENING THERE TOO.

Neha Dhupia doesn’t want to expose now

May 27, 2008 No Comments »

Neha Dhupia is apparently refusing roles that require her to expose needlessly. Does it mean she will expose if the script of the film requires? Does it mean till now she has been exposing needlessly? Anyway, in this interview she says:

I am looking at working with those makers only whom I can count upon for being aesthetic in their depiction of roles. I have realised that even the slightest of exposure, if not portrayed aesthetically, can send wrong signals. I don’t think anyone should have a problem with that.

Neha Dhupia is a decent-looking actress and she isn’t as horrible as, say, Katrina Kaif when it comes to moving the facial muscles, but she has surely been making some wrong choices. I hope she gets some good roles.