I've never seen a Bollywood film...

[sandyRoe]

If you were to recommend a Bollywood musical which one would it be?

[maggiebee]

Never seen one either Sandy.

[sandyRoe]

sigh we haven't lived ;-)

[Georgiesmum]

Nor have i!

[Sir Alec]

I have and would avoid them like the plague. You haven't lived? Count yourself grateful!

[aelmpvw]

might as well join the 'never seen' queue

[sandyRoe]

Looks as though I should strike 'Bollywood film' of my to-do list.

[maggiebee]

Good idea Sandy

[friedgreentomato]

try this one

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172684/

[dotty.]

i can remember back in the 1960s when we used to visit grandma and grandad in todmorden the drive home took us through Rochdale (pre M62) and there was a cinema there that always had films on with Indian actors pictures on huge posters, we thought Rochdale was very foreign then.

[phleb]

Bride and prejudice, me and some friends went to see this when it came out in cinema. It was fun!

[mazie]

I'd never had a bagel until a month ago....I didn't like it. I've never seen a Bollywood musical but it's on my list

[jno]

note the immense length of some Bollywood films.

Bride and Prejudice was fun, though fairly westernised.

[Dee Sa]

all I can remember is a fat lady running round a tree, hugging it and singing I fell sleep after that.

[sandyRoe]

You didn't miss much, Dee Sa. It's over when the fat lady sings :-)

[douglas9401]

Of the little I've seen what sticks with me is the heavy eyebrows, moustaches and stylised fighting.
The male actors are pretty much the same.

[aelmpvw]

spoilt the end now sandy so i won't bother watching it

[andy-hughes]

I would suggest that this mdium would be difficult to assimilate with our Western experience.

Bollywood films follow a very styalised format that would look very unusual to us - the body language, costumes, music, plot lines and unspoken cultural boundaries would all be a complete mystery, making any attempt at following the plot and story virtually impossible.

On that basis, one would looke exactly like another, and without at least a basic understanding of the style, it would be difficult to judge the merits of one over another, so little would be gained by watching what is perceived as a successful and popular movie, over one which was considered poor and uninteresting.

I watched a friend's child dancing with The Birmingham Ballet once, and half-way through the performance, I realised i had no cultural reference points what ever to guide me as to whether what i was watching was a breath-taking spectacle, or a load of pretentious tripe!

I refered to my friend's child's teacher who was sitting next to me, who confirmed that it was indeed seriously good - which I was glad to hear.

[Dee Sa]

when I worked in Dubai the houseboy and the "helpers" where I worked all believed that every Bollywood/Hindi type movie was absolutely true nothing could shake their faith they were 100% true [cue for heads to go woggle woggle from side to side].

[romycrosby]

i think these films,rock star, devdas, Aashiqui2, Dil se ..etccomes under this categorie. And you can watch these films on http://biscoot.com/ one of the best Indian onlime music portal.