Then at other times, the movie's great - I liked the idea of people viewing themselves in terms of movies. And, combining a Hollywood movie and a Bollywood movie to poke fun and enjoy the cliches of each is such a great idea that I fully expect to see more movies doing that. Lisa Ray is attractive (and supposedly making the transition to Bollywood). Akshaye Khanna is really cool in a dance sequence. It's paced smoothly and has the bright colors and fun songs that help define Bollywood. So despite its large faults, it's still a fun movie worth watching.

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great great  Jan 18, 2004
By S.Sriram
this film not only is a spoof of our beloved bollywood, but also holds many other humerous twists in it. It follows the lives of a conservative indian family, with not so conservative second generation. the music is also kick!

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excellent film  May 23, 2003

this is an excellent film- perfect for indian immigrant parents and their kids to enjoy together. once again deepa mehta takes serious issues, adds some humor, and makes a wonderful film

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So on the money it's spooky.  Jul 05, 2003

This is by far the best satirical movie on Indians in the west. The movie used different tactis for laughs - not the heavy handed stereotypes used in "American Desi." Most Indians would find each of the characters in their extended families or circle of friends.

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Bollywood/hollywood  Jan 09, 2007
By Mehitabel Clockendop "MClock"
This tries to be a tongue in cheek or wisely knowing commentary on the whole Bollywood phenomen as transferred to and experienced by NRIs (non resident Indians) in North America (specifically Canada). There is a dominating grandmother, weepy and manipulative mother, good elder son, dead father, Canadianized and pregnant engaged sister,and lost younger brother. This family is kept in comfort by their cross dressing chauffeur cum butler. Then into the mix enters Sue, a NRI who works as an escort to thumb her nose at the expectations of her culturally traditional father. She poses as Rahul's, the elder son,fiancee in order to make his mother happy and to enable his sister's marriage to go forward. The movie, in the true tradition of Bollywood, is pretty straightforward in terms of plot and there isn't a lot of depth to the characters. The exception is Sue, though by the end she has conformed to the most basic expectations of any good Bollywood heroine. While the movie is cute, has likeable characters, and pokes self knowing fun at the role of Bollywood in the lives of NRI Indians, it isn't as unique or special as it would like you to believe. There is little of the Hollywood element to be found anywhere. Several things that are meant to be satirical dramatic devices, such as screen overwriting to introduce songs, etc., turn out to be annoying distractions. Also, less forgiveable is the low quality of the music, in particular the dancing. One of the great pleasures in watching a Bollywood film is the amazing and colorful musical interludes. This movie has its characters doing dancing that any average person could do as an underlying support to its overall themes; but thereby losing an important aspect of a Bollywood film. The music often seemed to be remixes from other Bollywood movies which makes the viewer wish that she was actually watching THAT film!

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