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The Bombay or Mumbai film industry became "Bollywood" some ten years ago, when it was realised that it was a poor man's version of that famous LA suburb,Hollywood. Bollywood is the ultimate resting place for all manner of people. You can be from Chinchpokli or you can be from Model Town.No matter what you were in your previous life, you can still take the plunge, in the filmi cauldron,and strike it rich. A cursory look at the various people that do or are likely to people bollywood is surefire proof. It doesn't matter whether you are a former cricket princeling and lubricant star, whom people called "champion" in their spare time. It does matter that you were apparently so popular off field that a respected weekly puts your fan club AGM minutes, with a peck on the cheek et al, on its first page. You cannot practise your favorite vocation of match-fixing, and your own match has been fixed forever. So you decide to fix your own matches on celluloid. What a lot of "MISCHIEF"! The average Bollywood wannabe could also be a singer-cum-barhopper who was taking the staircase instead of the lift, on the double. Also playing some cricket during breaks in assorted nocturnal and vocal activity. Don't panic, man, Bollywood takes all. Take the case of a leggy "don't mind" moolgi. She welcomes international pop icons on behalf of her people, whenever the former are in town. But hey, the same people who gave her that gala gig, are ready to take her to the cleaners for wearing an itsy-bitsy, holy-unholy number on the cover of a glossy. What a pity. Then there are the superbrats. Dislike your pictures being taken while you are "shooting", to fulfill your dreams, large or small. Beat up the lenswallah to your heart's content. Don't worry they won't carry your pictures in the morning papers. After all you are scion of "FAMILY NO. 1" in Bollywood. Other types of brats are there too. Brats who have a tell-tale weakness for Colombian imports, and a predilection for Automatic Teller Machines, with embedded cameras to clinch deals. All models and beauty queens come to Bollywood on the rebound, when they cannot straddle the ramps anymore. Once there, all postman types must steer clear of them. After all these people are likely to be six feet in height and drunk. If you are unlucky enough to meet these strapping beauties, they might beat you up, for not giving them letters they claim are written to them by willing "fans". Princesses and royals are there in the Bollywood scheme of things. It is another thing that they are often too soggy to speak their lines on camera. Or it is difficult to make out whether the star is the hero, heroine, or the villain. Jokes apart, Bollywood is also the single largest showcase of ethnic art and culture. New styles and fashions are created and popularised by it. Millions come here looking for work and recognition and some are lucky to find both. It is the silver lining in the dark clouds of life, Indian ishtyle. RECENTLY ON JAAL: Ballot Boxing Borderline Patriotism Bill Clinton's Hidden Agenda The Tapes: Replay The Naked Truth About Sinha's Dream Budget Give Us This Day Our Daily Disaster A Dip Into The Kumbh Hype Hype Hurray The A 2 Z Of Y2K What's Behind Bush? The Florida Ceasefire The Damn Dam Controversy A Weak-Kneed Operation Faster, Higher, Stranger You Have The Right To Be A Volunteer The ICE ICE Baby A Tale Of The Jungle King The Secret Autonomy Report Report When Batsman Became Betsman India's Human Genome Projectile Stone Age Flaws In ICE Age Laws A Dry Spell For Policy Planning Lara's Theme Dotcom Bubble Gum: Burst Or Bust Inside A VIP Cell A To Do About Dos A Dress Code For Klintonji Ayan Bhattacharya is a Calcuttan by birth, human by accident of birth. SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS ARTICLE: Feedback Form Your Name: Your Email: Details:   GAMES LINKS FREE INDIA DOWNLOADS JOKES HOROSCOPES ECARDS POLL

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