"Bollywood Hero" (2009) TV series 2009-????

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

6 August 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Hollywood's comic relief is India's leading man.

Plot:

Chris Kattan goes to India to become a Bollywood star.

Cast

Chris Kattan	...	Chris Kattan (3 episodes, 2009)
Ali Fazal	...	Monty Kapoor (3 episodes, 2009)
Neha Dhupia	...	Lalima Lakhani (3 episodes, 2009)
Pooja Kumar	...	Priya Kapoor (3 episodes, 2009)
Ruma Sengupta	...	Beeji (3 episodes, 2009)
Kip King	...	Kip King (3 episodes, 2009)
Firdosh Mewawala	...	Bhushan Khanna (3 episodes, 2009)
Julian Sands	...	Reg Hunt (3 episodes, 2009)
Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal	...	Neerja Lakhani (2 episodes, 2009)
Maya Rudolph	...	Maya Rudolph (2 episodes, 2009)
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Herself (2 episodes, 2009)
Rachna Shah	...	Kunti Kumar (2 episodes, 2009)
Ishq Bector	...	Girish (2 episodes, 2009)
Munish Sharma	...	Rickshaw Kid (2 episodes, 2009)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Snackaholic

Hollywood "D" lister goes to India to be a movie hero with unexpected results.

I didn't think I would like it, but once I started watching, I wanted to see the whole thing. Kattan was more multi-dimensional than I expected, and the culture of India was a major player. There's something about India - both gritty and glamorous - that really appeals to me. In that setting, Kattan is our everyman, a Hollywood narcissist with a heart of gold who just needs the reality of India to come around and become an authentic human being. The Indian cast was superb, I guess Keanu Reeves was funny (mocking himself completely), and Kattan's (real?) father was spot on. But Maya Rudolph, in a brief bit as Kattan's friend and father-sitter (back in the States), was brilliant. One bit said it all when she and Kattan were at the bar pre-India, and she was flicking the snacks out of the bowl at a bar because she was "looking for a good one." Perfect. On the whole, I liked it. It was charming and colorful.