Bollywood Bound

May. 05,2002

Rating：

6.2

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Woman Director

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Young Canadians of Indian descent try to break into the Bollywood film industry.

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Reviews

AniInterview

2002/05/05

Sorry, this movie sucks

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Crwthod

2002/05/06

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

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Matrixiole

2002/05/07

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

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Philippa

2002/05/08

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Eric D. Robbins (erobbins)

2002/05/09

This is a very will-done documentary on both basic Indian culture and the culture shock which western visitors experience, but with a twist: the central figures in the story are of direct Indian descent.The problem is, it is designed to be a documentary following the story of actors who wrongly assume that their western citizenship will buy them entry into the largest movie market in the world. In that regard, it falls a bit short, as do the characters.

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George Parker

2002/05/10

"Bollywood Bound" will show you some East Indian young adult wanabees who want to make it in Bollywood films. You'll see them waiting around, being interviewed, walking and talking, eating a burger....um, not much else. Pretty boring stuff. (C-)

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Reggie_Charan

2002/05/11

The camera follows the travails of 4 Indo-Canadians back to Bombay as they pursue stardom in the Indian film industry. Except for the arrogant and pretentious MTV style VJ, Ruby, the kids are all quite likable and you can't help but root for them. Running time is too short, but anyone who has ever had a dream will enjoy this one.

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lexdevil

2002/05/12

This is an inconsequential if mildly enjoyable look at a group of Canadian actors who try to relocate to India for Bollywood fame. Their travails are thoroughly predictable and their relative successes and failures unsurprising. Why didn't someone warn these kids that life is a lot harder than it looks in the fan mags and on the movie screens?

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