Re: Bollywood Hollywood - English language

Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 04:03:38 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies.local.indian,rec.arts.movies.current-films,soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.usa
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In article <email-address-deleted>, Habshi <email-address-deleted> wrote:
> A bit slow at the start but once the stunning Lisa Ray makes
> her entrance it comes alive . Well, maybe your interest the movie comes alive, but she's not much
of an actress. It looks as if Mehta had to find an actress who was 1)
young, 2) beautiful, and 3) capable of passing for several
nationalities, including Spanish and Indian, and she did: but that
actress couldn't really act, unfortunately.
> Another problem is each Hindi song is subtitled but only the
> first line and this is a fatal mistake . For instance I will watch the
> start of a Tamil dance , sometimes quite erotic but will soon lose
> interest as I cant understand what they are lyrics . Whereas I thought Mehta's point was obvious: once you understand
basically what the song is about--which was the purpose of the initial
subtitle for each song--you don't need all the lyrics, because the
performers' actions and facial expressions explain everything. (Plus,
some of the other subtitles scattered throughout were good jokes, such
as the wrestler's URL.)
Robert Matthews