Monday, January 19, 2009

Movie-wood by any other name

It is not uncommon these days for scenes in Indian movies to be shot abroad. But what if you want to shoot scenes in a foreign locale but did not have the inclination to venture beyond the confines of a movie studio?

Well, if the man cannot get to the mountain, you simply bring the mountain to the man...

With the increasing revenue being generated by Bollywood movies in the west, it was a matter of time before one of them was released by a major studio in the US. The movie that was chosen for this grand release....err....From Chandni Chowk to China.

Here's Roger Ebert's so-so review of the movie. Methinks the review is probably more interesting than the movie. Or is it?

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