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Bollywood/Hollywood is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Deepa Mehta released in USA on 25 october 2002 with Rahul Khanna
Bollywood/Hollywood (2002)
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Add to a movie listBollywood/Hollywood is a 2002 film by Indo-Canadian director Deepa Mehta. Its stars Rahul Khanna and Lisa Ray in leading roles. The film was lighthearted, humorous, and family-oriented, as opposed to Mehta's other films (most notably her Elements trilogy of Fire, Earth, and Water), which feature very serious themes and focus on social issues.
The film pokes fun at traditional Indian stereotypes, as well as at Bollywood (it features several Bollywood-style song-and-dance numbers). Bollywood actor Akshaye Khanna (the brother of Rahul Khanna) makes a special guest appearance in the movie.
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Bollywood/Hollywood centres on the character of Rahul Seth (Rahul Khanna), a young, rich, Indo-Canadian living in Toronto whose widowed mother (Moushumi Chatterjee) is eager to get him married after the freak-accidental death of his white pop singer girlfriend, Kimberly (Jessica Paré). Furthermore, the mother proclaims that the impending wedding of her daughter Twinky (Rishma Malik) and Bobby will not take place until Rahul has found himself a bride first. The pressure mounts on Rahul as he finds out that Twinky must get married to preserve the family's reputation because she is pregnant.Actors
Rahul Khanna
(Rahul Seth)
Lisa Ray
(Sue (Sunita) Singh)
Moushumi Chatterjee
(Mummy ji)
Dina Pathak
(Grandma ji)
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
(Mr. Singh)
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