Word: hindy
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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That was a recent phone conversation with my brother. You see, the unthinkable has happened. I have become addicted to a Hindi movie song...
...continually watched MTV India for the music video version of the song. For nearly seven days I had “Denewala” stuck on “repeat” in my head. I even memorized the words, and I don’t even understand Hindi...
...might think, “Bollywood. Very cute. A cheap imitation of Hollywood.” That is, until you realized that Bollywood churns out hundreds more movies, songs, and music videos per year than its American counterpart and runs circles around Tinseltown in terms of gross revenues. Hindi movies constantly sell out theatres, and their soundtracks are the chart-toppers at music stores around the country. The differences between the fortunes of of the two entertainment industries are especially acute during a summer in which the American box office tries to squeeze profits from such gems as The Mummy...
...Hindi movies are the very embodiment of cheese, with rambling storylines, one-dimensional characters, and melodramatic monologues that stretch into oblivion. Each new Hindi movie is simply a variation of a previous Hindi movie, with a few modifications. (For example, villain with mustache becomes villain without mustache.) The repetition is so blatant that there is a popular email circulating at work concerning the “rules” that all Hindi movies must abide by. Some of the more entertaining ones...
...Hindi movies are most notable, however, for their songs and dancing, so much so that an actor is often valued not for his looks or even—heaven forbid—his acting skills, but rather his dance moves. (Rule #11: If you decide to start dancing in a field, everyone you bump into will know all the steps, and will be wearing coordinated outfits.) The songs are lip-synched, but that doesn’t stop everybody from singing them (including my uncle, who does a particularly bad job). I once asked if any Hindi movies...