Book: Bollywow ; This Is One American's Magnificent Obsession with India's Dream Factory.
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Ok. How do you check the desi quotient of the Indian you're dating? Quick, ask him to sing a complete song from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (KKHH). If that doesn't work, ask him to name the actor who played Kajol's fianc in Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (DDLJ). Gotcha. If he can't answer that, he's not worthy of a desiloving gori, even if he's an NRI named Raj and knots his pastel coloured sweater around his shoulders. Part paean to DDLJ and its "symbiotic evolution", KKHH, and part ode to Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood Becomes Her is the story of one woman's magnificent obsession with India.
Less philosophical than Eat, Pray, Love's Indian interlude and not as funny as Jessica Hines' discovery of Bollywood through Amitabh Bachchan, it does nevertheless have its aha moments. Among them: wasn't Gandhi the guy who wore the little glasses and the diaper? How do heroines change their outfits twice in five seconds? And why is Bhagyashree gazing imploringly at Salman Khan's groin on the cover of Maine Pyar Kiya's DVD?See the full content of this document
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Book: Bollywow ; This Is One American's Magnificent Obsession with India's Dream Factory.
There's no mystery in this romance. You know McGui...
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