Why Does Local Media Stereotype Indians?
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Although I'm not Indian myself, I can't help but notice the blatant stereotypes. Its either the heavy, fake Indian accent or the bland imitation of Indian dances (Esp dancing arouund a tree). It's rather rude, considering the fact that you don't see the Chinese or Malay community being stereotypically potrayed in this manner.
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You ask me I ask who?
Ask mediac*ok urself?
Btw, the local media is controlled by the government. So u trying to say the gov stereotype indians?
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they're just riding on the bollywood wave
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Bollywood..yeahhh
Dhoom 1
Dhoom2
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When is Dhoom 2 releasing?
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Right after BollyBurgers 2 is releasedOriginally posted by KRRISH:When is Dhoom 2 releasing? -
comparing to wat happening in bollywood, in sg they are really outdated.
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True,Same goes with your brainOriginally posted by KRRISH:comparing to wat happening in bollywood, in sg they are really outdated. -
[b]Dhoom 2 is a forthcoming Hindi film, to be directed by Sanjay Gadhvi starring Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu, Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra and Rimi Sen. The movie is the sequel to the Bollywood blockbuster, Dhoom. The film will be Sanjay Gadhvi's fourth directorial venture after Tere Liye (2000), Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2003), and Dhoom (2005), and his third with Yash Raj Films. The story of Dhoom 2 takes place after the events that occurred in Dhoom. Nothing about the story has been officially revealed by the producers so far. The movie is slated for an November 2006 release -
wah lao eh!!!! how cums the camera focus on their sweaty bodies????!!!! knn me lose appetite
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another one to watch out for:
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Crew
Director: Mani Ratnam
Cast: Abishek Bachan, Aishwarya Rai, Malikka Sherawat,Madhavan,Vidya Balan
Music: A. R. Rahman
Dialogue: Anurag Kashyap
Producers: Mani Ratnam & G. Srinivasan
Cinematography: Rajiv Menon
Choreography: Farah Khan
Lyrics: Gulzar
Assistant Director: Shaad Ali
Also releasing December 2006 Major Blockbuster from India's acclaimed veteran director Maniratnam and the best technical crew and cast ever to lace a Bollywood film in recent times.
Guru is a forthcoming Hindi film to be directed by Mani Ratnam.It is based on the life of India's biggest textile tycoon, Dhirubhai Ambani .
According to recent reports, the film is set in the 1960s
It stars Abhishek Bachchan opposite Aishwarya Rai and Madhavan opposite Vidya Balan in pivotal roles. The movie also stars Mallika Sherawat in a cameo which plays a significant part in the narrative of the film and Mithun Chakraborty in a supporting role. The movie will also be dubbed in Tamil and Telugu. The film's score and soundtrack will be composed by A. R. Rahman, an acclaimed composer who has provided music for all of Ratnam's movies since his debut in the film Roja. According to Gulzar, the lyricist of the film, the music in the film will be very different. Cinematography for the movie is handled by Rajiv Menon, who has worked with Mani Ratnam previously as cinematographer in the controversial groundbreaking film "Bombay" in 1995. It is the first time Maniratnam and Rajiv Menon reunite after a gap of a decade.
The movie has been said to be a matured love story. Shooting for the film began in Turkey and Bagalkot, Karnataka, and has now shifted to Chennai. The film is slated for release on December 22, 2006. -
wtf?
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I am telling myself to refrain myself from flaming this thread.
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there are many indians who follow Bollywood in Singapore.
Bollywood rules -
MunnaBhai 2: Lage Raho MunnaBhai
www.lagerahomunnabhai.com
The sequel to his hit movie Munnabhai MBBS is presently the top priority of actor Sanjay Dutt .
The sequel has been titled Lage Raho Munnabhai and will be another rip-roaring comedy with Sanjay and & Arshad Warsi playing the leading roles. Lage Raho Munnabhai is not a sequel but another episode in the life of Munna and Circuit and their encounter with the truth.
Munnabhai, our local Bombay goon, and his reliable buddy, Circuit are back!
Munna is in love with the voice of popular Radio Jockery Jhanvi. Her effervescent greetings of " Good Morning Mumbai" or her daily radio show makes Munna's heart skip a beat each time he listens to her.
Life is beautiful for Munna- his "dadagiri" bussiness is flourishing, he listens besottedly to the radio for hours every day, he dreams of marrying Jhanvi.
There is one just "minor" problem. Jhanvi thinks Munna is a "Professor of History". And in all her innocence, Jhanvi even invites Munna to give a history lecture to her family.
Poor Munna!
What should he do?
As Munna tries to sort out this "minor" entanglement in his otherwise perfect life, Circuit comes up with a bright solution. And then, the most unusual thing occurs in Munna's life...
What happens when the "present" meets the "past"?
What happens when our very own "professor of History" encounters a "Figure from History"?
The twist in the tale comes when Munnabhai comes face to face with Mahatma Gandhi (Dilip Prabhawalkar) and both stick to their respective philosophies even while they are compelled to work together for the same goal.
Come, join Munna and Circuit on an unexpected historical tour.....
Lage Raho Munnabhai is likely to hit the theatres during the Christmas time this year. -
Coming Sunday 4 PM:
Cast: R. Madhavan, Diya Mirza, Saif Ali Khan
Directed by: Gautham Menon
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Year Released: 2001
"Cupid's Arrow strikes only once"
Diya Mirza, the ex Miss Asia Pacific 2000 starred in her debut film
Rehnaa Hai Tere Dil Mein (I Want To Be In Your Heart) is the Bollywood remake of a hugely successful tamil film with runaway computerised hit music by new sensation Harris Jayaraj who made this blockbuster soundtrack of 2001 which broke the market monopoly of currently reigning composer AR Rahman.
A metropolitan love story about 2 people who fall in love..Now u have heard the tamil version of the music, now hear the Hindi version with one added extra song!
The film's music re-done by Harris Jayaraj is again catchy and comes a bliss
A guy who never believed in anything called love falls head over heels for a gorgeous girl Reena Malhotra (Diya Mirza).
He makes amorous advances but soon gets a shock when he comes to know that the lady of his dreams is already engaged to someone else and due for an arranged marriage.
Reena has never seen her fiancé and he (madly in love with her) decides to take the advantage of this situation. He steps in impersonating as her fiancé. After a couple of songs and a few dates the two are blissfully in love with each other.
The lovebirds' heavenly bliss is broken when the real Mc coy, Reena's fiancé makes an appearance. What's more, to make the matters worse the guy happens to be none other than his archrival in college days when both were students who cannot see eye-to-eye with each other. With the girl as stake,
They meet just once in life again to balance what they had left incomplete in their lives'....... -
By Arun Kumar, Indo-Asian News Service
Washington, Aug 10 (IANS) It's official: Bollywood films are becoming increasingly popular in the US as the latest blockbusters bring in millions at the box office and new fans eagerly await the next release.
Films from India do more business in the US than films from any other country, says an article in 'The Washington File', an online resource of the State Department's Bureau of International Information Programmes.
One of India's largest film producers and distributors, Yash Raj Films, reported in September 2005 that Bollywood films in the US earn around $100 million a year through theatre screenings, video sales and the sale of movie soundtracks, citing the Internet Movie Database, an organisation that tracks box office sales in several countries.
Although a small number in comparison to the mainstream US film industry, these figures contribute significantly to the bottom line of Indian filmmakers, said the article on USINFO website that delivers information about current US foreign policy and American life and culture.
The increasing popularity of Indian cinema, often called "Bollywood Mania" by the press, is driving Indian filmmaking to new heights in terms of quality, cinematography and innovative story lines, it said.
As technical quality advances, moviegoers come in ever increasing numbers to watch the latest movies arriving from India's largest city.
Entertainment Weekly reports that the now $8 billion film industry produces more than 900 movies a year in more than 20 languages, which makes India the world's most prolific film producer.
For the Indian crowd, the music and songs are a major draw to the movie. -
Originally posted by KRRISH:
oh my fucking god.
[b]MunnaBhai 2: Lage Raho MunnaBhai
www.lagerahomunnabhai.com
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Munnabhai releasing! oooh! great
John Abraham is really over rated lor.. i dun see him being the next Hrithik leh.. -
Coz one of their media programme directors surfs sgforums and isn't ver impressed with the antics of bollyburgers.
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the coconuts trees are driving me crazy
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no choice..
they are just too troublesome n .....
sorry..
at least 8 out of 10..
demanding..
when got high post..yaya coconut..
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Back to the topic > typically, groups of people who stand out with their differences in behavior/appearance etc get stereotyped in the local media (and globally too), not just Indians. Interestingly, I learnt pretty recently that even our Singaporean Indians stereotype their from-India counterparts.
The majority race (chinese) is not spared either. Common stereotypes seen on TV incl the feeble funny old chinese granny (popularlised by liang popo), the Ah Beng & Ah Lian, the SPG, among other things. -
everyone actually only like dat.
juz dat from time to time, one specific group stands out.
next time it wld be another and so on..