I've seen a lot of movies in India and some of them – such as Love Story 2050, The Last Lear and Heroes – have been among the worst films I've seen, from any country. Other people haven't heard it."īut quality must be a reason, too. A lot of Indian people go to see a Bollywood film because they like and know the music they've heard it on the radio. Mamma Mia! had a strong USP with its Abba soundtrack. I point out that Moulin Rouge! succeeded while being as camp and musical as any Hindi movie, but Prakash argues that familiarity is also an issue: "Chicago and Mamma Mia! show there's a demand for such movies here, but the music in those films was familiar. "Indians want family dramas," he says, "with songs and dance and emotional melodrama."
He attributes their narrow appeal purely to cultural sensibilities. Prakash Bakrania, of Reliance Big Pictures, distributes Bollywood films in the UK. But the audience for these films remains almost wholly Asian, while the general British public ignores them. Nevertheless, in commercial terms, Bollywood beats British cinema on its home turf hands down. Released at Christmas, the film has broken Bollywood records around the world – though that still amounts only to breaking through the $10m (£6.25m) barrier in territories outside India. That spot currently belongs to 3 Idiots, a screwball campus comedy starring Aamir Khan, the poster boy for the globalised new India. I'm left asking: why does the world's most popular cinema, accounting for well over 2bn ticket sales a year – that's two-thirds of global sales – fail to capture the mainstream western imagination?Ī big Hindi film will play at 50 or more mainstream multiplexes across Britain (there are only four exclusively Indian cinemas in Britain today), and will sit comfortably in the box office top 10. Now, confronted by the hype and ubiquity of Bollywood, I wonder what the fuss is about. But as I learned to appreciate things beyond my immediate community – films, books, friends, drugs and Tottenham Hotspur – Bollywood lost its magic. I could name every star and the masala western, Sholay, was a favourite as beloved as Star Wars. In those days, I loved Indian films for their "dushoom!" factor – the oddly wooden sound effect accompanying every kick and punch connecting with a hero or villain. When little boys wanted to go to the loo, inevitably during a scene that held their mums captivated and unwilling to escort them – a family feud or the tearful prayers of a young wife abused by her in-laws – they were often told to stand and pee against the back of the seat in front. Showing only Hindi films, it was a dingy place where every shabby third-world habit was allowed to persist. I haven't liked it since I was a child, in the late 1970s, when my parents took me to the old fleapit Liberty cinema in Southall, a tiny corner of the subcontinent transplanted into west London.
The typical three-hour Bollywood experience, with its cliched plots, dialogue, hammy acting and confusion of unrelated narratives baffles me. I am a "Britisher", as a friend in Delhi likes to say and, like the bulk of other Britishers, I enjoy Bollywood – with its music routines involving beautiful people, light-hearted songs and cleverly choreographed dancing – only in small doses. My taste in films, like most else about me, has been shaped by the UK. Despite my family ties, love of India and fascination with it, my inability to enjoy Bollywood has highlighted just how unIndian I am. Kareena shared the picture with the caption, "And the best for the last (heart-eyes emoji).B ollywood films have always felt like a test of my identity, one I've consistently failed. He was seen in a white kurta while the Pataudi Palace and the moon in the sky as their backdrop.
The third picture shared by her was with Saif Ali Khan. “With my chand 1 (heart-eyes emoji),” Kareena captioned the picture. In the picture, Kareena was glowing in the moonlight with her hair left loose while Taimur had a goofy expression with a lollipop in his mouth. It was then followed by a picture of Kareena and Taimur Ali Khan.
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The first picture in her ‘chand’ series was a picture of the moon between a few layers of clouds.
On Thursday (November 18), she took to Instagram and shared a string of pictures featuring her 'chands (moons)'. The actress keeps her fans and followers updated with what's happening in her life. Kareena Kapoor's ‘chand series’ featuring Taimur, Saif, Jeh is sure to leave you smilingīollywood actress Kareena Kapoor is currently having the time of her life with her husband Saif Ali Khan and kids Taimur Ali Khan and Jehangir Ali Khan at the Pataudi Palace.
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