In 2 days I can’t wait!!
Post reviews please who ever goes to see it!!
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p.s. Oh all you fanatic patriots don’t go watch it or any hollywood movies now because they’re revenue is going to India’s army too 
Go watch movies, we don’t care! 
You want to help the enemy rape our sisters in Kashmir then go head by all means.
But don’t call yourself a Pakistani next time.
ohhh my GOD! umair you must be kidding me!!!
I mean there is no connection of a movie and a rape in kashmir, at allllll ! ! ! ! ! !
That sort of patriotism is idiotic and foolish. I believe your family has brainwashed you pretty bad!!! Use some common sense next time, please!
Aatif
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They try soooo hard to get respect from the Hollywood industry, but I doubt it’ll ever happen.
From TIME magazine
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My Big Fat Indian Wedding
Deepa in the heart of Taj Mahal-lywood
By Rita Zekas
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WHAT have they done with Deepa Mehta?
Sure, the woman who approaches us in Mehta’s home could pass for the portrait hanging in her Annex area living room.
She has Mehta’s diction down, her speech mannerisms and her gait. But the woman who directed the controversial and heavy-going Earth and Fire and had the plug pulled on Water, the last part of the proposed trilogy, has directed a feel-good, frothy romp called Bollywood/Hollywood.
Filming of Water, the story of a widow involved in a forbidden relationship with a low-caste priest, was aborted in India in February 2000 after fierce demonstrations by Hindu fundamentalists and the attempted suicide of a fanatical protestor caused chaos on the set. Mehta was already in hot water with Fire, which depicted a lesbian relationship. Protests in India were so rabid, the film had to be pulled from theatres and Mehta received death threats.
The Bollywood part of the equation refers to the huge Bombay film industry that churns out in the neighbourhood of 500 films a year and is known for over-the-top love stories and dramas combined with lavish production numbers worthy of Busby Berkeley on acid.
Bollywood/Hollywood, an amalgam of Bollywood music, Hollywood choreography and Toronto locations, is a guilty pleasure. But it’s subversive. Nothing is what it seems, down to the end credits, where the song and dance number incorporates cast and crew — from craft services to continuity.
“It’s smoke and mirrors,” Mehta confesses. "I had a lot of fun being subversive. And it’s unabashedly a Toronto film; there is a wealth of talent here. I had a ball casting the kids who were 15, 20. I couldn’t find a South Asian actor when I was doing Sam & Me (her 1991 breakout hit).
“It’s come full circle. Bollywood has nothing to do with immigrant angst. Earth has quite a lot of dark humour but I wanted to explore: Can I do a funny, light comedy? Can I write it? Do I have the rhythmic timing? After Water was shut down, I wanted to do something life-affirming. During Fire, they were storming the theatres. During Water, for my safety, I had to have five bodyguards carrying Uzi’s. I’d never seen a machinegun in my life. Two days into shooting, there were ramblings about an anti-Hindu script. They were ramblings of fundamentalists and we were a soft target.”
The woman who wanted to direct Water has waded into John Waters territory. Mehta’s heroine has pink flamingos in what passes for her front lawn. “Her idea of perfection is pink flamingos,” Mehta explains.
Mehta, 51, who was born in northern India, has recruited some of Bollywood’s most celebrated actors: It could be My Big Fat Indian Wedding. Dot.com millionaire Rahul Seth (Rahul Khanna) meets escort girl Sue (Toronto-born Indian supermodel Lisa Ray) and passes her off as his fiancée to placate his mother in an arranged marriage to “a nice Indian girl” with catastrophic results.
His drama queen mother (Moushumi Chatterjee) has a penchant for fainting and melodramatic pronouncements like “When a daughter is hurting, mother’s love is like Tiger Balm.” His grandmother (played by the late Indian icon Dina Pathak) quotes Shakespeare. The family patriarch, who is deceased, speaks to his errant son from his portrait on the wall, à la Banquo in Hamlet.
“The father on the wall is the ghost of the voice of reason,” Mehta explains. “Dad had to do Hamlet talking in sports metaphor.”
Why did grandma quote Shakespeare? “Because I wanted to,” Mehta laughs. "I love Shakespeare. “`I come to bury Caesar not to praise him’ was the first thing I wrote (in the script). Shakespeare speaks to the common person so I started peppering the script with Shakespeare.”
Rahul’s former bride-to-be was Kimberly, a whiter than white pop star played by Jessica Pare, who dies in a freak accident. “She was levitating but missed the mattress. It was a take-off on New Age and Deepak Chopra obsession. I didn’t mean to be wicked,” she says, disingenuously.
Mehta might be subversive but she’s not mean-spirited.
“I love Bollywood,” she insists. "I grew up with it because my father was a film distributor. We played musical chairs with Bollywood musicals. It is such a licence to extravagance without apology. In the West, melodramas are considered lapses in good taste; in Bollywood, they just embrace it and play with it. I’m celebrating its existence.
“Bollywood works for one billion people so why not reprise it for the West? It started in the 1920’s and evolved out of street theatre where all our epics are in verse and sung. It was a natural transition to have something that is narrative driven and accompanied by music.”
Bollywood has a $3.2 million budget and is Metha’s tribute to “two forms of commercial cinema on opposite sides of the world.” She admits that she might get nailed for bowing to commercialism.
“Whatever happens, you get nailed,” she shrugs. “Nobody is ever happy. At least I had a good time.”
Ranjit Chowdhry, star of Sam & Me, plays Rahul’s chauffeur and appears in drag. But not while driving.
“Ranjit says he’s been given such a hard time because people are always telling him how nice he looks in a sari,” she chuckles. “The true line in the film is that nothing is what it appears to be, including myself. I’m known for serious drama and social issues. I hate labels. This whole film is about breaking the label of preconception. Sue is into multiple identities.”
So, apparently is Mehta. On Nov. 11, she starts filming yet another romantic comedy, a musical based on Carol Shields’ Republic Of Love.
“I’ve adapted it from the book and it’s a celebration of love, its absurdity, the angst, heartache and the highs. I’m exploding the myth of my being sombre,” she grins wickedly. “Isn’t it nice to be unpredictable?”
My Big Fat Indian Wedding
What's the storyline? From the promos, looks pretty stupid.
The movie is hilarious.
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The movie is hilarious.
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A 4 word review from Hayaa. that's answered so many questions...
Pretty woman meets Nottinghill sums it up.
Pretty good. 6/10 : )
Hollywood Bollywood..
looks funny...
and LOVE that song sonna soona roop hai..hum ko garoor hai..
Whats the name of that song that was playing in the background
during the sisters wedding? Mehndi something.
The movie was a disappointment.....except for the little pop-up video type blurbs that occassionally appeared at the bottom of the screen.
Since the acting was crap, they could have at least had some decent cinematography to show off our beautiful city, but nooooooo.
Deepa is good at addressing taboos but this movie certainly does not reflect her true talent.
Re: Bollywood Hollywood Movie
it is here already mister kahan hooooo
and im gonna watch it 
saw it last night..
Ws very hilarious..
Lisa Ray very beautiful...
touch some reality and some fiction fairy tale ... very entertaining.
love the mom it.. sho cute.. just like my mom.. faints and gets her way..
i personally got pretty bad reviews of the movie. I havne't met anyone yet who liked the movie. i havne't watched and dont' plan to but the girl is cute :)
luv it... really nice songz... good story na...liza ray was sultry and looking stunning... but she for once did some good acting... i recommend it! :D
I found this to be a very stupid movie. There were many scenes that were supposed to be humourous and witty, but I certainly was not laughing. British movies about desis are more entertaining.
Sigh. I still love the movie, but out of my fifteen friends, only two others liked it..
Kiya ho gaya hay sab ki hiss-e-mizaah ko.
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I found this to be a very stupid movie. There were many scenes that were supposed to be humourous and witty, but I certainly was not laughing. British movies about desis are more entertaining.
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neither was i laughing...britsh desi comedies are alot better......bend it like bekham....east is east etc