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PG-13 | 105 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama | 25 October 2002 (Canada)

6.0

Ratings: 6.0/10 from 2,228 users Metascore: 35/100
Reviews: 56 user | 33 critic | 15 from Metacritic.com

Director:

Deepa Mehta

Writer:

Deepa Mehta

Stars:

Rahul Khanna, Moushumi Chatterjee, Dina Pathak| See full cast and crew »

Storyline

After Rahul's white pop-star fiancée dies in a bizarre levitation accident his mother insists he find another girl as soon as possible, preferably a Hindi one. As she backs this up by postponing his sister's wedding until he does so, he feels forced to act, the more so as he knows his sister is pregnant. But it's a pretty tall order for an Indian living in Ontario, so when he meets striking escort Sunita who can 'be whatever you want me to be' he hatches a scheme to pass her off as his new betrothed. Things get complicated when his family start to take to her and he realises his own feelings are becoming rather stronger than that.

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English | Hindi | Spanish

Release Date:

25 October 2002 (Canada) See more »

Also Known As:

Bollywood Hollywood See more »

Filming Locations:

Thornhill, Ontario, Canada See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$39,731 (South Africa) (13 June 2003)

Gross:

$1,491,083 (USA) (10 October 2003)

Movie Reviews

What was she thinking??

2 November 2005 | by idolessence (Toronto, Canada) – See all my reviews

I am a devoted fan to Deepa Mehta's Earth, Water, and Fire trilogy which I have found deeply moving. However, this film I could barely sit through. I have seen a few (quite a few) Bollywood films and it would be difficult to create a send-up of a genre that is already a send-up itself. Bollywood films are already exaggerated, colorful, and dramatic and brimming with stereotypes. Deepa's film, I'm sad to say, was a terrible disappointment. It lacked any kind of originality, insight, or even good dance/song numbers (the best part of the film I thought was the rooftop number)which is the essence of Bollywood films. Given the power and intensity of her other films, this was an embarrassment. What was she thinking???