Bollywood

One thing that I wanted to do while I was here was go see a Bollywood movie. Shelly and I watched a couple of previews and found one that we thought we could follow even though it was in Hindi. We decided on Kambakkht Ishq which is about a stuntman, Viraj, who falls in love with a super model, Simrita. Even in India, they have good, quality chick flicks.

We leave the hotel and cross the scary street to the mall although it wasn't so scary today. We get up to the theater and I attempt to pronounce the movie before we get in line. It sort of sounded right but I figured the guy at the window would know what I was talking about. I go up and say Kambakkht Ishq...at least how I thought it was pronounced. The guy looks at me and says Terminator Salvation and I say no and repeat myself. He kind of looks at us for a minute and says "Thats an Indian movie in Hindi with no subtitles." I tell him that was ok and he just started laughing at us. But he gave us our tickets and where we were sitting because apparently you have assigned seats here. We go in the theater and go through security. Shelly had to turn her cigarettes in so we go to the area they pointed us to. The first guy we spoke to didn't speak English so another girl came over. She got Shellys cigarettes and apparently we looked a little lost cause she showed us to the theater and our assigned seats.

One of the greatest things about Indian movies and television is that every now and then they speak English mixed in with Hindi. So at least there were a few lines that we knew what they were saying. Plus there were a couple of American actors in the movie - Brandon Routh, Denise Richards and Slyvester Stallone. Yup, Rocky. He first presented Viraj with the Stuntman of the Year award and then he saved Simrita when she was getting chased by thugs in LA. The fight scene was one of my favorites...right after all the singing and dancing. I think I'll have the song from the movie in my head for a week. I'm probably going to learn the dance too.