A bit of Bolly

This week I went to my first Bollywood film - Om Shanti Om.  And I loved every minute of it, every one of the 180 minutes of it.

It was in Hindi, and there weren't any subtitles, but it was ok because the main language of the film was cliche.  There was love, laughter, murder, reincarnation and revenge, all with singing, dancing and serial costume changes. 

Apparently it's a send up of the genre and crammed full of in-jokes, obviously this went over our heads completely.  But I can say that we sang all the way home in the rick.  I've bought the cd and if I could find a t-shirt I'd buy that too. 

For balance I have to say that two work colleagues hated it - and wished they could have that 3 hours of their life back.  And I do wonder whether you will appreciate if you're sitting in a cold and wintry London.

If you fancy trying it out then this is the link, go to http://www.omshantiomfilm.com/ , then media, promotions and "dewaangi".  If you're doing this at work you may want to put on headphones first to avoid drawing attention to yourself.  Come on everybody "put your hands in the air and sing Om Shanti Om".

Comments

[Karen]

Cool - I love Bollywood music - just makes me want to dance (cheezy grins too!). Glad you are enjoying yourself and its not all work and no play - keep sending you e-mails and they keep bouncing back - but haven't forgotten you, honest!

[Nick]

Is that Shah Rukh Khan in the picture? It's a nice leg kick if it is. I'm excited about seeing this film. I wonder if it got released in the U.S. at all. I like most Bollywood films, but that's probably because I can make up the dialogue as the film goes along. It's like I've been asked to be a script writer for a few hours.