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Joe Redifer
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posted 08-22-2002 05:13 PM

Can someone please tell me where the term "Bollywood" comes from? I know that's what they call Indian movies for some weird reason. But the term "Bollywood" makes no sense whatsoever and I think it may, in fact, make me a bit angry!

It's one of the most moronic terms I have ever heard.

It sounds like a 3rd world rip-off of a true quality product. Like Nintedendo. Or Pyoneer. Or Phlem-Tech.

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Bobby Henderson
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posted 08-22-2002 05:17 PM

By golly, bolly rhymes with golly! Shee-it. (golly!)

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Jesse Skeen
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posted 08-22-2002 05:17 PM

I believe the "B" is for Bombay, added in place of the "H" in Hollywood, as Bombay is essentially the Hollywood of India as far as movies there are concerned, I guess.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 08-22-2002 05:19 PM

Their movies aren't worth anything if they can't even muster up a bit of originality!

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Charles Everett
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posted 08-22-2002 05:23 PM

Aw c'mon Joe! You ever see the opening-credits scene in Ghost World?

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Gordon McLeod
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posted 08-22-2002 06:16 PM

Actually several Bollywood titles have made it to the top North American Boxoffice spot All have Dolby Digital and DTS tracks and many are EX releases as well

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Richard Fowler
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posted 08-22-2002 06:20 PM

India has four major regional film centers with Bombay ( now called Mumbai ) the most well known outside of the country.
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Paul Linfesty
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posted 08-22-2002 06:25 PM

Of course, there's nothing that original about Bollywood films (Does this term exist in India, or is it what Americans call it?)

I saw a couple of weeks ago about 10 minutes of a Bollywood film shot in 3-D with "state-of-the-art" digital effects (LOL!) have to admit, though, the 3-D worked well. It was the U.S.'s Stereovision process. It was shown in conjunction with the Nuart's 3-D film festival.

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Gordon McLeod
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posted 08-22-2002 06:35 PM

Bollywood is there own term and in fact they have a digitally animated teaser on the head of most prints for there digital channel called Bollywood 4 You

THere were several 3d indian films made back in the past 3d boom

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Joe Redifer
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posted 08-22-2002 06:47 PM

I have seen the "Bollywood" teaser they put on the head of most of their movies. It looks like the Dolby Digital City trailer. No Bollywood movie has ever made it to the top 10 in the US I believe.

I'm not saying that we Americans only make good movies (far from true), but I did think "Lagaan" was quite laughable. Of course they win their little softball game and IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY WIN the drought ends with a single rain storm! I live in Denver and we are in the middle of a drought and it's gonna take more than one rain storm to end it!

I have also noticed that all Bollywood films seem to be musicals. And the lip sync in the songs is always horribly off.

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Gordon McLeod
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posted 08-22-2002 08:19 PM

Last summer Mohabbetein and one other the title Tera Mera Saith Hain (i think) went to #1 in north america

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Bob Maar
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posted 08-22-2002 09:12 PM

Bolly, Bolly was a girl,

Bolly wally had no curl,

Bolly wally wasn't Bolly Wally

Was He?

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Gordon McLeod
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posted 08-22-2002 09:29 PM

Okay Bob how many martinis is it

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James R. Hammonds, Jr
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posted 08-22-2002 11:01 PM

So if Bombay is now called Mumbai, shouldnt they start calling them MOLLYWOOD?

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Paul Linfesty
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posted 08-23-2002 12:40 AM

Bollywood films don't even pretend that the actors do their own singing. In their version of the Academy Awards, they actually have nominations for best song dubber, or something to that effect.

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