Thursday, October 05, 2006

Bollywood Comes to Paris

My firm moved to new offices a few months ago at Place Vendome, a beautiful square in the heart of Paris. It's a great place to work, enveloped by austere buildings and dominated by a ginormous phallic symbol right in the center. As it turns out, it's also a very popular place for photo shoots and films. Today there's a Bollywood crew filming across the Place from my office, and I checked it out a bit on my way to lunch. So the next time you rent "The Purple Orchid of Mumbai" or "Delhi Belly: The Musical", be on the lookout for a tall handsome American strolling confidently across the screen. I'm the guy right behind him looking directly at the camera with an open mouth and a zit on his chin.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

If anyone wants to see a fantastic Bollywood movie, I recommend "Lagaan" - a 4 1/2 hour roller-coaster epic musical about cricket!

My favorite line: When a Sikh tries to join the Indian cricket team to defeat the evil colonialist "whiteys," the hero responds with the culturally sensitive comment, "You realize we do not throw spears here."