Bollywood/Hollywood

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{{Infobox film
| name = Bollywood/Hollywood
| image = Bollywood-Hollywood, movie poster, 2002.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Deepa Mehta]]
| producer = Deepa Mehta
| writer = Deepa Mehta
| starring = [[Rahul Khanna]]<br /> [[Lisa Ray]] <br />[[Moushumi Chatterjee]]
| music = [[Sandeep Chowta]]
| cinematography = Douglas Koch
| editing = Barry Farrell
| studio = IDream Productions
| distributor = [[Mongrel Media]]
| released = October 25, 2002 ([[Canada]])
| runtime = 105 minutes
| country = [[Canada]]<br>[[India]]
| language = {{ubl|[[English language|English]]|[[Hindi]]<ref>[http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/bollywoodhollywood-2004 BOLLYWOOD/HOLLYWOOD - BBFC]. [[BBFC]]. Retrieved October 13, 2014.</ref>}}
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Bollywood/Hollywood''''' is a 2002 Canadian [[romantic comedy]] [[Drama film|drama]] [[film]] directed by [[Deepa Mehta]] and starring [[Rahul Khanna]] and [[Lisa Ray]]. The film was lighthearted, humorous, and family-oriented. The film pokes fun at traditional Indian [[stereotypes]], as well as at [[Bollywood]] (it features several Bollywood-style song-and-dance numbers). Multiple award winning Bollywood actor [[Akshaye Khanna]] – the brother of Rahul Khanna – makes a special guest appearance in the movie.

==Plot==
Rahul Seth, is a young and rich Indo-Canadian living in Toronto whose widowed mother is eager to get him married after the freak-accidental death of his white pop singer girlfriend, Kimberly. Rahul's mother disapproved of her son's relationship with a non-Indian woman. Furthermore, the mother proclaims that the impending wedding of her daughter Twinky and Bobby will not take place until Rahul has found himself an Indian bride first. The pressure mounts on Rahul as he finds out that Twinky must marry to preserve the family's reputation because she is pregnant.

Rahul goes to a bar and there meets Sue. Thinking she is a Spanish escort (non-sexual companion), he hires her to pose as his fiancée because she looks Indian. Rahul eventually discovers that Sue is actually Indian (her name is short for Sunita). Despite his initial anger at her lie, the two grow closer—due in no small part to a confidence boost Sue gave to Rahul's tormented younger brother, Govind, who incorrectly believes that no one cares about his welfare. Rahul and Sue eventually consider one another a fit match. Pleased, Mrs. Seth agrees to sanction Twinky's wedding.

Rahul and Sue grow more intimate, sharing stories about their pasts. It is revealed that Sue was once offered as a bride to the well-meaning but dim-witted professional wrestler Killer Khalsa; offended that her parents would even consider such a match, she has been playing mischief in revenge. This mischief is not fully explained, but her liking for it is suggested by her audacity. Sue is quite immune to social norms; she speaks bluntly to all, particularly to Rocky, Rahul's driver, who she knows (but does not reveal to others) is a famous drag queen.

The blossoming romance is shaken, when a drunken friend at Bobby's bachelor party states that Sue is a prostitute, and that he himself has paid her for sex in the past. Rahul is uncertain, causing Sue to be so hurt that he would question her honesty and integrity that she leaves him. He is forced to confess to his family that he never really courted Sue but merely bribed her to act the part of his fiancée. His mother is forced to postpone Twinky's wedding until Rahul can find a new bride, becoming despondent that Twinky's pregnancy will make the family social outcasts, for which Rahul calls her out for being a hypocrite. Twinky enters the room and tells her mother to stop crying, as Twinky and Bobby have eloped. Twinky thanks Rahul for doing so much to help her.

Prodded by Rocky ("Sue ma'am is special. Anyone who can keep a secret deserves the best"), by his insightful, Shakespeare-quoting grandmother and by the ghosts of his father and Kimberly, Rahul goes after Sue. In a balcony scene facilitated by Sue's father and mother, Rahul professes his true love to Sue, who abruptly leaves him standing outside her balcony. Rahul initially leaves in his limo, then tells Rocky to return to Sue's house, only to find that Sue has replaced Rocky in the driver's seat.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Rahul Khanna]] as Rahul Seth
*[[Lisa Ray]] as Sue (Sunita) Singh
*[[Moushumi Chatterjee]] as Rahul's Mummy ji
*[[Dina Pathak]] as Rahul's Grandma ji
*[[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as Mr. Singh (Sue's Papa ji)
*[[Ranjit Chowdhry]] as Rocky
*[[Jessica Paré]] as Kimberly
*Rishma Malik as Twinky Seth
*Jazz Mann as Bobby
*Arjun Lombardi-Singh as Go (Govind)
*Neelam Mansingh as Mrs. Singh (Sue's Mama ji)
*Killer Khalsa/Mike Deol as Killer Khalsa
*Jolly Bader as Rahul's ghostly Daddy ji
*[[Akshaye Khanna]] as Himself
}}

==Music==
{{Infobox album|
| name = Bollywood Hollywood
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Sandeep Chowta]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">17 March 2009 (India)</div>
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 44:04
| label = [[Times Music]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani]]
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Road (film)|Road]]
| next_year =
}}
The music, which is composed by [[Sandeep Chowta]], received good reviews.
{{tracklist
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| title1 = Rang Rang
| extra1 = [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Alisha Chinoy]]
| length1 = 4:03
| title2 = Sooni Hawa (Male)
| extra2 = Sonu Nigam
| length2 = 4:58
| title3 = Dil Kabootar Khana Hai
| extra3 = Sonu Nigam
| length3 = 3:47
| title4 = Krishna Hare (Female)
| extra4 = [[Sowmya Raoh]]
| length4 = 4:32
| title5 = Sona Sona Roop Hai
| extra5 = Sonu Nigam, Alisha Chinoy
| length5 = 4:54
| title6 = If the Shoe Fits
| extra6 = Sunita Sarathy
| length6 = 4:19
| title7 = Sooni Hawa (Female)
| extra7 = Sowmya Raoh
| length7 = 4:58
| title8 = Chin Chin Choo
| extra8 = Sanjiv Wadhawani
| length8 = 3:51
| title9 = Krishna Hare (Male)
| extra9 = Rajesh
| length9 = 4:31
| title10 = Salsa
| extra10 = Instrumental
| length10 = 3:11
}}

==Reception==
===Critical response===

''Bollywood/Hollywood'' was met with "mixed reviews",<ref name="Can">{{cite web |title=Deepa Metha |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/deepa-mehta |website=[[Canadian Encyclopedia]] |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref> and has a rating of 41% on [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 46 reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bollywood/Hollywood |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bollywoodhollywood |website=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==

At the [[23rd Genie Awards]], presented in February 2003, the film received five nominations: [[Genie Award for Best Motion Picture|Best Motion Picture]], [[Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] ([[Deepa Mehta]]), [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]] ([[Ranjit Chowdhry]]), and [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] ([[Dina Pathak]]) and ([[Moushmi Chatterji]]).<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/33249599.cms Bollywood Hollywood gets 5 Genie nominations] ''[[Times of India]]'', January 3, 2003.</ref> Mehta won the Genie for Best Original Screenplay.<ref name="Can" />

''Bollywood/Hollywood'' also won the Student Jury Award at the [[Newport International Film Festival]], the Audience Award (Best Comedy)
at the [[Sarasota Film Festival]], and the Best Director (Canadian Film) at the [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0303785|title=Bollywood/Hollywood}}

{{Deepa Mehta}}




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[[Category:Canadian films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Canadian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films set in Toronto]]
[[Category:Films shot in Toronto]]
[[Category:Films directed by Deepa Mehta]]
[[Category:2002 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:2000s multilingual films]]
[[Category:Canadian multilingual films]]
[[Category:Films about women in the Indian diaspora]]
[[Category:Indian-Canadian films]]

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