HOUSTON — My Bollywood Bride, starring Jason Lewis, Kashmera Shah, Gulshan Grover, Sanjay Suri and Neha Dubey with music by Anu Malik, opens at Bollywood Cinema 6 on Friday, June 8.
A familiar romantic comedy with an Indian twist, My Bollywood Bride revisits the age-old romantic formula: Boy meets, loses, and hopes to find girl. In this case, he’s a hunky blond Californian (Jason Lewis); she’s India’s top movie star (Kashmera Shah). With Lewis popular with Sex and the City, and Brothers and Sisters fans, and Shah wellknown in India, this upbeat movie with plenty of desi humor in situation and dialogue, will keep the audiences entertained from the very start and throughout its 94 minute playing time.
“A rollicking entertaining ride” says Variety.
My Bollywood Bride is the story of adventure novelist Alex’s (Lewis) whirlwind romance with comely Indian tourist Reena (Shah) that is suddenly and inexplicably cut short. After having spent several glorious days with Alex, Reena must return to India to look after her ailing father. She also must submit to an arranged marriage with the powerful, intimidating Bollywood movie producer Shekhar (Gulshan Grover), although she left her heart in California.
Desperate for an explanation at least, Alex heads for Mumbai, where, despite knowing only Reena’s fist name, he discovers her face on a billboard and tracks her to a film set. When he confronts her, she insists there are things he can’t understand concerning her Indian background. Reena asks her close friend and fellow actor Bobby (Sanjay Suri) to look after Alex and keep him away from her nosy parents and possessive fiance. There are predictably entertaining moments involving Alex, Reena’s parents and Shekhar, and some fine screwball riffs when Reena tries to hide Alex in her hotel suite. This genial, spirited comedy has enough going for it to make it well worth seeing.
My Bollywood Bride was directed by Rajeev Manoj Virani and co-produced by Houston’s own charismatic businessman Ashok Rao (his first movie venture). More recently, this award winning duo premiered their latest movie, The Whisperers, at the WorldFest Houston — 2007 International Film Festival. The Whisperers bagged prestigious prizes, including those for Best Editing and Best Suspense Thriller, at this festival.
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