My Bollywood Bride (2006)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Rajeev Virani

Writers:

Brad Listermann (story)
Richard Martini (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 March 2007 (India)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

How far will you go for love?

Plot:

My Bollywood Bride tells the story of Alex, a copy-writer dreaming of being an adventure novelist someday...

Plot Keywords:

Bollywood | Love

Cast

Jason Lewis	...	Alex Kincade
Kashmira Shah	...	Reena Khanna
Gulshan Grover	...	Shekhar Singh
Sanjay Suri	...	Bobby K. 'Babloo'
Neha Dubey	...	Alisha 'Chintu'
Ash Chandler	...	Priyad
Deepak Qazir	...	Khanna
Madhuri Bhatia	...	Mrs. Khanna
Sean O'Brien Teague	...	Sean - Shekhar's bodyguard
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vineet Wadhwa	...	Ravi

Also Known As:

My Faraway Bride (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA | India

Language:

English | Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dream Team Films

Trivia:

Originally Kashmera Shah was set to play the role of Alisha until she was convinced by the director, Rajeev Virani, that "she was definitely his Reena!"

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Taxi Driver (1976)

Soundtrack:

This is the New New New Freaking Bollywood

Who was SHE?

I came across this film while flipping through the satellite channels one rainy Saturday afternoon, and left it on for a while because with over 357 channels, there was really nothing on. Bruce Springsteen needs to update his song.

I don't know how many Americans are familiar with Bollywood movies, but I'm given to understand that most of them involve a man and a woman who fall in love and must overcome many obstacles in order to be together. Also as I understand it, there must always be a happy ending. We have our own clichés, like the monster in a horror movie must always show up for the sequel, no matter how dead it was before, or that cars must fly through the air during accidents. Me, I kinda prefer the happy endings. Indestructible monsters and cars bouncing around like ping-pong balls leave me cold.

The movie itself was simple, straightforward, and predictable, but there was one thing it had that made me watch it again. That was the secondary female character, played by Neha Dubey. Throughout the movie she seemed attractive enough, but not especially so...and then she was called upon to dance in a musical number for the movie that was going to be made. For me, at least, she went from slightly attractive to jaw-droppingly, rock-between-the-eyes, can't-look-away stunning, all flashing eyes and brilliant smile and fascinating choreography. If I see that this movie is going to be on satellite again, I'll watch it again, just for that dance routine.