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...Keep Bollywood Clean Your notebook item "Bolly-bad!" described some new Bollywood movies that portray promiscuity, prostitution and gay relationships [Dec. 13]. India is famous for its rich tradition and culture, but these days our media stars are blindly following vulgar Western trends emphasizing sexuality. Is this wise? Does one become modern by wearing a short dress? Rubbish! Modernity can only be achieved by having a free mind, a pure soul and fine thoughts. We Indians should never forget our cultural heritage; we should fight against spreading indecency. If we can defeat vulgarity, then other countries will follow our lead...
...said that "anyone with half an ear will hear the most vibrant, varied new score in ages. Audiences will walk out of Bombay Dreams humming Rahman's songs and singing his praises. If music is the crucial part of a musical, then Rahman's genius will ensure that Bollywood conquers Broadway." Again I hoped that a show might be successful, and its songs click with listeners, broaden our currently cramped musical lexicon...
...biography is dramatic enough for a Bollywood epic: poor boy loses dad, hits the road, studies at Oxford, becomes star! He was born in Madras, on January 6, 1966, with a Bollywood star's soundalike name, A.S. Dileep Kumar. His musician father died when the boy was nine, and to support his family this precocious child left home to become a touring tyro musician with tabla maestro Zakir Hussain...
...decades Bollywood produced the chastest of films: boy met girl, but there were no kisses, hips only thrust during dance numbers, and the audience knew that romance would be followed by marriage. But in the past two years, Bollywood has shed its modesty. While the movies are still tame by Western standards, new films portray promiscuity, prostitution, gay relationships, and some-although not all-have rung chimes at the box office. A quick guide to how Bollywood has discovered...
...DECEMBER 2004) An insomniac policeman becomes obsessed by a beautiful advertising executive whose murder he is investigating. Hey, this isn't your old Bollywood anymore...