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While this might not be the most accurate portrayal of real life in India, it is a pretty good representation of the country’s cinema. Affectionately known as Bollywood, this genre of film defines itself through a melodramatic tone and a more than liberal use of grandiose choreographed dance scenes. While, the average American audience might find this all to be a bit silly at first, it’s Chadha’s use of this style that makes this film so noteworthy and enjoyable...
This marriage of style and content is aided immeasurably by the casting of this film. Aishwarya Rai, known in the world of Indian cinema as the Queen of Bollywood, plays Lalita, imbuing her character with the perfect self-conscious and defensive quality of someone being put up on display. Conversely, Martin Henderson, who plays Will Darcy, looks startlingly like Christian Bale’s Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, giving the character just the right sense of a healthy, wealthy, pampered and somewhat wooden American playboy...
...Blue Train reflects Tito's hedonistic lifestyle: it features the finest woolen carpets and car walls lined with mahogany carvings, and compartments furnished with silk drapes and burgundy leather armchairs. It's a true hotel on rails, including a dining car, cinema and three elaborately designed saloon cars, one of which was made especially for Charles de Gaulle in the late '60s. The legendary French President never actually used it, but Britain's Queen Elizabeth did?she slept there during her 1972 visit to Yugoslavia (it's commemorated on a bronze timetable on the car's side). True Tito buffs...
...Belgrade engine hangar ever since. The Blue Train reflects Tito's hedonistic lifestyle: it features the finest woolen carpets and car walls lined with mahogany carvings, and compartments furnished with silk drapes and burgundy leather armchairs. It's a true hotel on rails, including a dining car, cinema and three elaborately designed saloon cars, one of which was made especially for Charles de Gaulle in the late '60s. The legendary French President never actually used it, but Britain's Queen Elizabeth did - she slept there during her 1972 visit to Yugoslavia (it's commemorated on a bronze timetable...
...Percentage of their flesh that celebrities expose at gala events, according to a survey by London's Odeon Leicester Square cinema, in a trend toward increasingly skimpy red-carpet couture...