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| My Bollywood Bride |
Movie poster for My Bollywood Bride |
| Directed by |
Rajeev Virani |
| Produced by |
Balwinder Bajaj, Dr. Daljit Buttar, Duncan Clark, Douglas Falconer, Ruchi Gupta, Harit Kapedia, Brad Listermann, Richard Martini, Ashok Rao, Vivek Wadhwa |
| Written by |
Brad Listermann, Richard Martini, Kashmira Shah |
| Starring |
Jason Lewis,
Kashmira Shah |
| Music by |
Anu Malik |
| Distributed by |
Hiskarma Productions, Dream Team Films |
| Release date(s) |
2007 |
| Running time |
95 min |
| Language |
English with some Hindi |
| IMDb profile |
My Bollywood Bride is an English and Indian movie, released in 2007. Written and produced by Brad Listermann, it stars Jason Lewis and Kashmira Shah and is directed by Rajeev Virani. Despite its setting in India and the story taking place in front of one of India's major movie industries, Bollywood, the movie does not feature the same amount or type of sing-and-dance-numbers Indian Cinema is famous for. Its primary language is English with some Hindi.
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Alex (Jason Lewis), living in Venice Beach, is a struggling writer. One day, he meets Reena (Kashmira Shah) at the beach. They spend time together and Alex starts to fall in love with her. However, some days later, Reena disappears at LAX. The only thing Alex knows about her is that she's from Thakur Village, Mumbai, India - so he follows her there. In India, he discovers, with the help of his new driver Priyad (Ash Chandler) that Reena is the greatest movie star of Bollywood and engaged to Shekar, an influential Bollywood producer. Alex stays with Bobby K. (Sanjay Suri), a friend of Reena and a big Bollywood actor himself - while Alex is struggling with his own romance, Bobby starts to fall for his choreographer, Alisha (Neha Dubey), an old friend from his past he very much disappointed by simply forgetting about her when he became famous. Reena, hesitant to break off an engagement arranged by her parents, feels that she owes Shekar her entire career, while Alex is struggling with Reena's mother and Shekar himself, who both feel that Reena and Alex might be too interested in each other. Bobby K. meanwhile, after a broken down car, gets stuck with Alisha in some abandoned hut at the beach, the have an opportunity to talk and make up, however shortly afterwards, a misunderstanding occurs and Alisha feels betrayed all over again. Reena, meanwhile, tells Alex to leave, as she is going to accept her family's wishes and will marry Shekar in order to preserve the tradition of an arranged marriage. Alex is all ready to leave India and Bobby finds out that Shekar is having an affair with a co-worker (The entire affair is caught on CD). Reena's parents tell her not give up her happiness and tell her to go after Alex, Bobby clarifies the misunderstanding between him and Alisha and makes her pursue her dreams and Reena stops Alex to leave the country after a rickshaw chase. Everything ends well and Reena and Alex, after professing their love for each other, get married.
| Actor/Actress |
Role |
Other notes |
| Jason Lewis |
Alex Kincaid |
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| Kashmira Shah |
Reena Khanna |
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| Gulshan Grover |
Shekar Singh |
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| Sanjay Suri |
Bobby |
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| Neha Dubey |
Alisha |
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| Ash Chandler |
Priyad |
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| Deepak Qazir |
Reena's father |
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| Madhuri Bhatia |
Reena's mother |
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| Sean O'Brien Teague |
Sean "Shekhar"'s bodyguard |
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| Vineet Wadhwa |
Ravi |
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- Director: Rajeev Virani
- Producer: Balwinder Bajaj, Dr. Daljit Buttar, Duncan Clark, Douglas Falconer, Ruchi Gupta, Harit Kapedia, Brad Listermann, Richard Martini, Ashok Rao, Vivek Wadhwa
- Screenplay: Brad Listermann, Richard Martini, Kashmira Shah
- Story: Brad Listermann
- Cinematography: John Drake
- Editing: Michael Trent
- Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant
- Art Director: Shivani Virani
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