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Indlæser... Bollywood Confidentialaf Sonia Singh
   Ingen Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.   ) booksniff | Aug 20, 2014 |  ) booksniff | Aug 20, 2014 | ) booksniff | Aug 20, 2014 | The premise: aspiring actress Raveena Rai is having trouble getting roles in Hollywood, so when her agent gets her a role in a Bollywood film, she takes her chances and heads to Bombay. There's some culture shock -- possibly the best parts of the book are Raveena's clashes with Indian culture -- but there are also plenty of cliches to go around: - The campy, gay best friend - The "unique" best female friend - Greasy bad guys - The hero who of course falls for Raveena within minutes of meeting her, even though we're given no reason for him to do so Singh also didn't seem quite sure whether she wanted to praise or criticize the Bollywood industry, so it was a little difficult to figure out who I was supposed to cheer for -- is it just poking fun? Is it meant to be social commentary? Who knows. I wonder if Singh couldn't have crafted a much better story if she'd had a longer allotted wordcount to work with. Clearly this book was meant to fit within a framework of a specific line of books (Avon pocket paperbacks), and I think that forced the author to dumb it down and cut things like character development and a logical romance. A cute diversion in some ways, but in others... not really at all. For a much better look at culture shock in India, I'd HIGHLY recommend the film 'Outsourced' ... it's funny, charming, and very well written (unlike this book). (  ) dk_phoenix | May 3, 2010 | I had a ball, and just wanted to see how it ends. ( ) MsNikki | Aug 13, 2007 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
After seven years of slogging through film roles too embarrassing to mention, twenty-eight-year-old struggling L.A. actress Raveena Rai has finally been offered a lead! A potentially career-making turn in a major Hollywood epic, perhaps? A meaty part in a serious drama with Oscar® written all over it? Not! To Raveena's great dismay (and her mother's delight) she's flying off to India to star in a new Bollywood extravaganza. Oh well, a lead is a lead, after all. Never mind that it's a million humid degrees in Bombay, the Los Angeles of the East; that she has to live with a wacko distant uncle who sleeps under furniture and is the most stressed-out wannabe swami on the continent; that her director is a lecherous hack and his movie has the potential of being the very worst flick ever made anywhere! At least Raveena's leading man is the supremely sexy Siddharth, Bollywood's biggest star. But while their on-screen chemistry is electric-hot, off-screen the arrogant hunk treats her with total disdain ... or, worse still, ignores her. Raveena's one consolation is that things couldn't possibly get any worse. Oh yeah? Want to bet? Lights, camera, action! No library descriptions found. |
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