Bollywood/Hollywood (2002)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Deepa Mehta

Writer:

Deepa Mehta (writer)

Release Date:

25 October 2002 (Canada)

Genre:

Romance | Comedy | Drama | Musical

Tagline:

Nothing is what it appears to be.

Plot:

The Seth family reside in Canada. While Mr. Seth has passed away, his mom is still alive, living with her daughter-in-law...

Plot Keywords:

India | Canada | Singing | Bollywood | Nudity

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Rahul Khanna	...	Rahul Seth
Lisa Ray	...	Sue (Sunita) Singh
Moushumi Chatterjee	...	Mummy ji
Dina Pathak	...	Grandma ji
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Mr. Singh
Ranjit Chowdhry	...	Rocky
Jessica Paré	...	Kimberly
Rishma Malik	...	Twinky
Jazz Mann	...	Bobby
Arjun Lombardi-Singh	...	Go (Govind)
Leesa Gaspari	...	Lucy
Neelam Mansingh	...	Mrs. Singh
Mike Deol	...	Killer Khalsa (as Killer Khalsa)
Jolly Bader	...	Daddy ji
Ronica Sajnani	...	Ronica
Jeremy Chow	...	Brian
Damon D'Oliveira	...	Stevie Sood (as Damon D'Olivera)
Nicky Gill	...	Bobby's Mom
Nicole Innis	...	Nicole
Rohan Bader	...	Young Rahul
Terry Stevens	...	Veronica
Rupinder Nagra	...	Rahul's Friend at Wedding
Anne Mroczkowski	...	Reporter
Neeta Tandon	...	Ruby's Friend #1
Karamjit Singh	...	Ruby's Friend #2
Vinod Suri	...	Ruby's Friend #3
Sveta Kohli	...	Bride to be #1
Larissa Gomes	...	Bride to be #2
Manjit Bumrah	...	Bride to be #3
Imali Perera	...	Twinky's Friend #1
Artee Suri	...	Twinky's Friend #2
Caryn Green	...	Twinky's Friend #3
Monisha Randhawa	...	Bobby's Sister
Pragna Desai	...	Pauline
Akshaye Khanna	...	Himself
Sofonda	...	Dancer (as Sofanda)
Mike Cota	...	Dancer
Sitara Hewitt	...	Dancer (as Tara Hewitt)
Kat Osen	...	Dancer
Misakiu	...	Dancer
Sunny Dhillon	...	Dancer
Starsah Lauriten	...	Dancer
Vincent Tong	...	Dancer
Candi Barr	...	Dancer
Linda Garneau	...	Dancer
Christina Lee	...	Dancer
Mike Tracz	...	Dancer
Bhavin Lodhia	...	Dancer
David Lopez	...	Dancer
Chad McFadden	...	Dancer
Jody-Lynn McFadden	...	Dancer (as Jodi McFadden)
Allana Upcraft	...	Dancer
Jena Van Eslander	...	Dancer
Elena Vazintaris	...	Dancer
Jason Westlake	...	Dancer
Angie Canuel	...	Dancer
Sarah Connell	...	Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lindy Booth	...	(uncredited)
Pak Daddy	...	Himself (uncredited)

Directed by
Deepa Mehta

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Deepa Mehta		writer

Produced by
Camelia Frieberg	....	executive producer
David Hamilton	....	producer
Mehernaz Lentin	....	line producer
Ajay Virmani	....	executive producer
Robert Wertheimer	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Sandeep Chowta

Cinematography by
Douglas Koch		(as Doug Koch)

Film Editing by
Barry Farrell

Production Design by
Tamara Deverell

Art Direction by
Jason Graham

Set Decoration by
Nigel Hutchins

Costume Design by
Ritu Kumar

Makeup Department
Etheline Joseph	....	key hair stylist
Dorota Mitoray	....	assistant makeup artist (as Dorota Mitoraj)
Josie Stewart	....	key hair stylist
Ava Stone	....	key makeup artist
Taraleigh Wallace	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Vikram Motwane	....	post-production supervisor: India

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Bocknek	....	trainee assistant director
September Death	....	second assistant director
David McAree	....	first assistant director
Effy Papadopoulos	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Danny Burke	....	lead dresser
Jamie Burke	....	key construction
John Galbraith	....	key scenic
Dylan Hutchins	....	on-set dresser
Jesse Hutchins	....	set dresser
Christopher Jenkins	....	property master
Brett Jones	....	set dresser
Helen Kaneva	....	assistant property master
David Milner	....	set dresser
Laird Rayner	....	set dresser
George Stouros	....	daily props (as George Stourros)
Jason Herriott	....	head painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Rob Bertola	....	sound effects editor
Jenny Brass	....	foley assistant
Christian Carruthers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Elius Caruso	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robin Crumley	....	assistant sound editor
Mark Gingras	....	sound designer
Mark Gingras	....	supervising sound editor
Jamie Gould	....	assistant sound editor
Dustin Hudson	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
R. Janardhanan	....	sound engineer: Chennai, India (as Mr. Janardhan)
Joe Lafontaine	....	adr editor
John Laing	....	supervising dialogue editor
R.R. Murlidhar	....	sound engineer: Chennai, India
Peter Persaud	....	foley recordist
Urmas Rosin	....	location sound recordist
Paul Sebastianelli	....	boom operator
Rafiq Shaikh	....	adr supervisor: India
Greg Shim	....	adr recordist
Virginia Storey	....	foley artist
Andrew Tay	....	sound re-recording mixer
Clive Turner	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Michael Arakkal	....	special effects supervisor
Jeff Skochko	....	special effects supervisor (as Jeff M. Skochko)
Steve Skochko	....	special effects key
Dave Fulton	....	special effects rigger/technician (uncredited)
Derek Liscoumb	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Pramod Patil	....	colorist
Ronojoy	....	Inferno artist
Rajan Shenoy	....	software engineer

Stunts
Plato Fountidakis	....	stunt coordinator
Paul Rapovski	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Tim Barg	....	best boy electric
Jeremy Benning	....	Steadicam operator
Gabriele DiChiara	....	gaffer
Ray Dumas	....	Steadicam operator
Carl Flood	....	electrician
Mike Gowland	....	generator operator
Mark Hewson	....	electrician
Melanie Jeffrey	....	second assistant camera
James McRae	....	best boy (as Jamie McRae)
Lincoln McRae	....	grip
Lucas Pasquali	....	electrician (as Luca Pasquali)
Mark Silver	....	key grip
Kerry Smart	....	assistant camera
Robert Somers	....	grip (as Robert Sommers)
Vinay Virmani	....	camera supplier: casting
Johnny Wersta	....	dolly grip
Michael Whonder	....	camera trainee
Ken Woroner	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Nancy Botting-Harrison	....	extras casting
Uma Da Cunha	....	additional casting
Nicky Gill	....	co-extras casting
Devyani Saltzman	....	additional casting
Erin Faith Young	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anne Dixon	....	costume designer: Canada
Emma England	....	costume supervisor
Nancy Granfield	....	assistant costume designer
Andrea Jenkins	....	wardrobe set supervisor
Sheila Radovancevic	....	costume truck supervisor
Monica Virmani	....	additional costumes
Tina Virmani	....	additional costumes

Editorial Department
Sean Atkinson	....	post-production consultant: Canada
Barry Brown	....	consulting editor
Hubert Davis	....	first assistant picture editor
Barry Farrell	....	supervising editor
Ricardo Olivero	....	color timer
Catherine Rankin	....	negative cutter
Mila Patriki	....	colorist: dailies (uncredited)

Music Department
Ganesh Bala	....	music coordinator
Eduardo Gonzalez	....	additional programmer
David Hamilton	....	executive music producer
Jaideep	....	lyricist
Pravin Mani	....	composer: additional background music
Deepa Mehta	....	executive music producer
Neil Mukherjee	....	musician: guitar
Naveen	....	music assistant
Naveen	....	musician: flute
Parveen Paul	....	music assistant
Raju Raghavan	....	musician: sitar
Raja	....	musician: indian percussion
Taabish Romani	....	lyricist
Jim Satya	....	music assistant
Sivamani	....	musician: indian percussion
Viji	....	musician: guitar
Ajay Virmani	....	executive music producer (as Ajay K. Virmani)
Ajay Virmani	....	lyricist

Transportation Department
John Bekavac	....	driver
Michael Bingham	....	head driver (as Mike Bingham)
Jeff Blake	....	driver: honeywagon
Dan Carleton	....	driver (as Daniel Carleton)
Stephen Carr	....	driver
Brian Clark	....	transportation captain
Joe da Costa	....	driver
Tim Fagan	....	driver
Len Kiroff	....	driver
Michael Maher	....	driver
Richard Miazek	....	driver
Philip Cameron Wallace	....	transportation coordinator (as Philip Wallace)

Other crew
Andrés Aquino	....	set production assistant
Ron Atkey	....	legal counsel: Toronto
Laurel Bresnahan	....	studio teacher
David Connolly	....	choreographer
Danita DeSouza	....	accounting assistant
Aron Dunn	....	production assistant
Dan Feddern	....	location production assistant
Bryn Garrison	....	location manager
Marc C. Geschwind	....	extras coordinator
Lon J. Hall	....	legal counsel: Toronto (as Lon Hall)
David Innis	....	running commentary
Gaurav Jang	....	production assistant supervisor: India
Jauhara Jivanji	....	assistant: Ms. Pathak and Ms. Chatterjee
Alex McNaughton	....	location scout
John Moss	....	legal counsel: Ottawa
Barbara O'Kelly	....	story editor
Joe Pampanella	....	safety supervisor
Michael Schaus	....	production assistant
Todd Shannon Jr.	....	diving supervisor
Philip Spurvey	....	assistant location manager
Selene Strilesky	....	script supervisor
Sundaram	....	project coordinator
Krista Third	....	assistant production coordinator
Dave Tommasini	....	helicopter pilot
Karen Tyrell	....	unit publicist
Andrea Wassell	....	production accountant
Warren Wilensky	....	production coordinator
Erin Young	....	assistant to director
Paul Young	....	executive assistant to producer
Sean Coyne	....	craft service (uncredited)
Brad McIlroy	....	on-set caterer (uncredited)
Bob Presner	....	completion bond (uncredited)

Thanks
Hussain Amarsshi	....	special thanks (as Hussain Amarshi)
Nav Bhatia	....	special thanks
Diane Boehme	....	special thanks
Janet Casselman	....	special thanks
Pauline Dhillon	....	special thanks
Indra Escobar	....	special thanks
Joanne Frazer	....	special thanks
Subhash Ghai	....	acknowledgment: film clips courtesy of
Ron Haney	....	special thanks
Ashok Hedge	....	special thanks
Phillip Ing	....	special thanks
Anne MacKenzie	....	special thanks
Janet MacLean	....	special thanks (as Janet McLean)
Dilip Mehta	....	special thanks
Nila Mehta	....	special thanks
S.K. Mehta	....	special thanks
Vilma Mehta	....	special thanks (as Vimla Mehta)
Fiona Mitchell	....	special thanks
Govind Nihalani	....	acknowledgment: film clips courtesy of
Barbara O'Kelly	....	special thanks
Midi Onodera	....	special thanks
Devyani Saltzman	....	special thanks
Michael Spencer	....	special thanks
Jhamu Sughand	....	acknowledgment: film clips courtesy of
Kim J. Trout	....	special thanks (as Kim Trout)
Ram Gopal Varma	....	acknowledgment: film clips courtesy of
Bill White	....	special thanks
Christine Yankou	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Different Tree Same Wood
• Téléfilm Canada (with participation of)
• Canadian Television Fund (with participation of)
• Astral Media (with participation of)
• Movie Network, The (TMN) (with participation of)
• Super Écran (with participation of)
• Movie Central Network (in participation with)
• Corus Entertainment (in participation with)
• Chum Television (in association with)
• Bollywood/Hollywood Productions
• Fortissimo Films
• iDream Productions

Distributors

• Magnolia Pictures (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2002) (Canada) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Hart Sharp Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Momentum Pictures (2002) (UK) (all media)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2003) (Germany) (VHS)

Special Effects

• USL Studio

Other Companies

• Bulloch Entertainment Services  payroll services
• Chum Television  film clips courtesy of
• Cine-Byte Imaging  digital transfer
• Cinespace Studios Management  special thanks (as Cinespace Studios)
• City Pulse/CityTV  film clips courtesy of (as CityTV)
• Culture Clothing  additional clothing provided by
• DeLuxe Toronto  color
• DeLuxe Toronto  sound re-recording
• DeLuxe Toronto  special thanks
• Film Finances Canada  completion bond provided by
• Film Opticals of Canada  titles and opticals
• Four Seasons Aviation  helicopter services
• Friends India  film clips courtesy of (as Friends of India)
• Kiehl's Since 1851  skin care products (as Kiehl's)
• Kodak  film stock supplied by
• Lakdawala's Sound City  adr studio
• MAC Cosmetics  cosmetics
• Minto Place Suite Hotel  special thanks
• Mo' Mani Music Productions  music recorded and mixed at
• Northern Edge Productions  video playback
• Smash Editorial  picture editorial services (as Smash Editorial Inc.)
• Starcraft Services  craft service (as Starcraft Catering)
• Studio Catering by Davids'  catering (as David's Catering)
• Taillefer Desjardins  production insurance provided by
• Udbhav Productions  film clips courtesy of (as UBHAV)
• Urban Audio  sound editorial services
• Urban Behaviour  additional clothing provided by
• William F. White International  camera equipment supplied by
• William F. White International  lighting equipment supplied by
• Zara's Gourmet Kitchen  catering

Also Known As:

Bollywood Hollywood (Canada: English title) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sensuality/partial nudity, some crude language and drug references.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Canada | India

Language:

English | Hindi | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Netherlands:MG6 | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:13 | Canada:PG | Germany:o.Al. | South Korea:12 | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Iceland:LH

Filming Locations:

Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Different Tree Same Wood

Trivia:

Killer Khalsa is a real wrestler, and the website listed when he appears is his official site. When he heard Deepa Mehta was making the movie, he contacted her as he wanted to break into acting.

Quotes:

Rocky: Shakalaka Baby!

Movie Connections:

Features Pardes (1997)

Soundtrack:

Rahul's Lament

Hilarious Bollywood parody

One caveat: if you have never seen a Bollywood movie, you probably won't find this very funny. The point is, director Deepa Mehta has taken just about every Bollywood cliché, exaggerated it, swirled it around and mixed it with a Hollywood love story and created a perfectly funny Bollywood parody that had me in giggles from the weepy deathbed scene at the beginning through most of the movie.

Depth? Don't expect any. This is about as lightweight (and sometimes silly) as comedy can get, with the usual suspension of disbelief necessary for Bollywood movies.

The title doesn't really have anything to do with the plot; it's more of a programmatic statement, as Mehta tries to intertwine Bollywood and Hollywood elements into a musical romantic comedy.

The Bollywood bits are the more successful, as Mehta sems to have the necessary expertise to exploit them for parody and quirky humour; sadly, the weakest point of the movie is when the Bollywood/Hollywood formula shifts too much towards the Hollywood side and tries to incorporate too much of the typical Hollywood 'romantic comedy' storyline. All of a sudden the script seems to take itself too seriously, and the whole thing, which had been very fresh and entertaining up until then, suddenly tastes very stale, and we get the umpteenth reprise of "love in danger through misunderstanding", and whereas the Bollywood melodrama had been masterly turned into brilliant parody, the Hollywood drama just stands as it is and is presented at face value, which is a major disappointment.

However, the 75 minutes of hilarious Bollywood parody will more than compensate for those 15 minutes of Hollywood lameness. So will the excellent Bollywood-inspired (and Hollywood-compatible) music. Just don't expect depth.