''My Bollywood Bride'' is a 2006 English and Indian film, released in 2007 theatrically and was released as "My Faraway Bride", on DVD (Vivendi/Universal) in August 2008 and also premiered on Showtime and Starz in 2008. Written by Richard Martini and Kashmera Shah, story and produced by Brad Listermann, it stars Jason Lewis and

Kashmera Shah Kashmera Shah (born 2 December 1972) also known as "Kashmeera" is an Indian actress. Born in Mumbai, she is the granddaughter of noted Hindustani classical singer Anjanibai Lolekar. She has appeared in numerous Hindi and Marathi films. She was ...

and is directed by

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. Despite its setting in

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and the story taking place in front of one of India's major film industries,

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

, the film does not feature the same amount or type of sing-and-dance-numbers

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is famous for. Its primary language is English with some Hindi.

Plot

Alex (Jason Lewis), living in

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, is a struggling writer. One day, he meets Reena (Kashmera 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 Ash Chandler is an Indian actor, comedian, and singer who has appeared in English, Hindi and Tamil-language films. He is known for his stand-up comedy. Filmography ; Television *''Premi'' (1997) (Tamil) as Inspector Ashwin *''The Man's World ...

) that Reena is the greatest film star of Bollywood and engaged to Shekar, an influential Bollywood producer. Alex stays with Bobby K. (

Sanjay Suri Sanjay Suri (born 6 April 1971) is an Indian actor and film producer of Hindi cinema. He made his debut in the film ''Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi (1999)''. He went on to star in many supporting roles, but finally got his big break with ''Jhankaar Be ...

), 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 Neha (Hindi/ Sanskrit: ''नेहा'') is a popular Hindi/ Sanskrit Indian feminine given name, often found in the Hindu community. It means "love" / " affection", "rain" / " downpour", and is sometimes translated as " beautiful eyes." Etymolo ...

), 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 Shekhar her entire career, while Alex is struggling with Reena's mother and Shekhar 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, they 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 Shekhar in order to preserve the tradition of an arranged marriage. Alex is all ready to leave India and Bobby finds out that Shekhar 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.

Cast

* Jason Lewis as Alex Kincaid *

as Reena Khanna *

Gulshan Grover Gulshan Grover (born 21 September 1955) is an Indian actor and producer who has appeared in over 100 films. He is popularly known as the "Bad Man" of Bollywood because of his ability to create an impact with his negative roles in films. Early ...

as Shekar Singh *

as Bobby *

as Alisha *

as Priyad *

Deepak Qazir Deepak (दीपक) is a Hindi word meaning lamp, from the Sanskrit source word for light. The name Deepak symbolizes a bright future. In the twentieth century, it became very popular as a first name for male Hindus. Names like ''Deepa'' (male ...

as Reena's father * Madhuri Bhatia as Reena's mother * Sean O'Brien Teague as Sean "Shekhar"'s bodyguard * Vineet Wadhwa as Ravi

Release

''Variety'' wrote that "That said, the film’s most marketable asset is, in a way, also its biggest liability".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0397551, title=My Bollywood Bride 2006 films Films about Indian Americans 2000s English-language films 2000s Hindi-language films English-language Indian films Films about interracial romance Films scored by Anu Malik American romance films 2000s American films Asian-American romance films