| | |  | NORTH AMERICA | Home » » My Faraway Bride | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | MY BOLLYWOOD BRIDE: Alex, meets and romances Indian beauty Reena while she is vacationing in California. Torn by her blossoming feelings for Alex and her Indian family values and obligations, Reena returns home without saying goodbye. Alex, distraught by the turn of events, decides to follow her to Mumbai and win her back. The trouble is, Alex couldn't be more out of his element on the sub-continent, not helped by the fact Reena has kept something very important about her from him (she’s the Julia Roberts of India)! With the help of a rambunctious rickshaw driver and some of Reenas friends, Alex just might have a chance at winning her back. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Jason Lewis, Kashmira Shah, Gulshan Grover, Sanjay Suri, Neha Dubey | | Director:
| Rajeev Virani | | Format:
| Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Salient_Media | | Run Time:
| 95 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| August 19, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 11 reviews |
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Based upon a true StoryOct 03, 2009
This is not a romantic comedy- it is a romance. More to the point, it is in fact 'semi-autobiograghical'- which is to say it is no doubt a very fictionalized story loosely based upon the writer's experience. To the extent that there seems to be flaws in this story this may be in part because at some point the author was honoring what really happened as opposed to what the formula that you expected would have dictated. To me, these are not flaws but rather the revelation of our real, and at times conflicted, humanity. The acting was truly great- even minor characters were very well done. The singing and dancing scenes were some of the best I have seen. The women are very beautiful. This is at times a visual spectacle as well as a pair of love stories.
It is also a vision of India. Not a charicature of India but rather of a modern India that is stuggling to reconcile its traditions and values with the modern world. A major them is the emergence of the importance of individual liberty and choice as opposed to the more authoritarian tone of traditional culture in India. It is this struggle that lies at the heart of this story. We were very happy to be able to purchase this film
4 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 '2' for the leads; '2' for the movie but '3' for some of the Indian supportsApr 21, 2009
This is the tale (apparently based on a true story) of an American guy who falls for an Indian girl (Kashmira Shah) when she is visiting the US. She leaves suddenly and he pursues her to India not knowing she is a top Bollywood actress. As he arrives her arranged marriage is about to be announced.
This one didn't make it for us. The Indian lead girl seemed more a model than an actress. I gather she is popular in India and is a former model and beauty queen (Miss University World and Miss India talent winner). I read she is regarded as one of the best dancers of her generation. However we didn't think that showed here as she seemed lacking in grace in the dancing. (in fact her costar Neha Dubey playing a choreographer was much more fluid and also energetic in her dancing.
Jason Lewis as the lead American was OK but not that charismatic.
The ones who acted a lot better and really stole many of the scenes were Indian actors Sanjay Suri (as a friend of the Bollywood queen who pretends the American is a friend) and his romantic interest (Neha Dubey). Also an Indian guy who played a taxi driver. A few other Indians went into hamminess unfortunately and the script seemed very uneven.
The plot and premise were very Bollywood yet it didn't really have the verve and flavour of Bollywood.
Some people who don't know Bollywood seemed to find it a good intro to Bollywood. I'm not in that category and have seen many better Bollywood movies than this one with more charismatic leads and better acting (in fact I prefer Indian melodramatic acting to the awkwardness of the lead girl in this for instance). Elsewhere on the Net it mostly rates just below average. I'd put it there too and would have given it round a 2 1/2 if Amazon had that rating. I bump it up for the 2 Indian co-leads - Not a keeper.
2 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Well... it's in India...Apr 18, 2009
My friends and I have been affectionately obsessed with Bollywood films for over a year now, and the only hair in the ointment of our joy has been our inability to understand the different Hindi dialects that the movies are so often filmed in. So when 'My Faraway Bride' was released, we snatched it up like hotcakes.
...and then really wished we hadn't.
For one thing, the best quality about Bollywood films is the childlike enthusiasm for life, dance, music, tradition--and most importantly, the tragic and or happy love story. Even with dialogue being understood only through subtitles that are often out of sync or simply illegible, the actors still made you care about the story.
Here?
HAH.
After the movie we looked at each other and by unanimous consensus realized we didn't care about the movie. It was well done, and the acting was decent, and the dialogue was believable but... that magic, that ZING that made us fall in love with Bollywood? This.... this did not have it.
We were disappointed.
2 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 DisappointingApr 15, 2009
I've seen my share of both Bollywood movies and Bollywood-inspired movies, and the lead actress was not convincing in the role of a Bollywood star. The movie could have been slightly better if a more suitable actress was cast. The story was executed so poorly that I couldn't finish the movie.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Romantic, wonderful, amazingApr 14, 2009
I wanted to cover a scene shown towards the very start of the movie so this shouldn't spoil anything but if you don't want to know about it please do not read this paragraph. He says that when he first saw her it was like something out of a dream. I'm happy for him the way he meets her but also jealous. She gives him a little smile as he's gazing at her admiringly and that gives him a positive sign, and additionally she's holding a magazine and reading it while walking. The article she is reading is a flattering article about Alex himself! Now if I had beautiful women walking around reading articles about me I wouldn't have any trouble saying hello either. I guess it could happen if you just happen to have a lot of magazines writing articles with high praise about you (I think they call him a genius writer in the article) but it's not going to be the case for most people. But it still works after all he's a prominent writer I did want to point that it is not the normal situation. It is believable that Alex could travel to India as he's a writer and would have more flexibility in his job than most people. I also like how he never uses any physical violence in the film which is too often the case with a lot of movies. This type of film is very true to real life in a lot of ways in that he needs to work thing out with people.
I wish they had shown a lot more interaction between the leads of Alex and Reena because it it's so nice to see them together but they do show enough to make it worth while. Reena is hot and Alex rules as the man who know what he want when he sees it! Yes! Go Alex go! Alex is my hero! If they would have replaced the attention they put on the other couple and had shown more Alex and Reena it would have been better but it is still great as is. It's pure agony they didn't show more scenes between them because the ones they show are great! His subtle looks, smiles and head nods of admiration toward Reena are perfect and mesmorizing and the scenes with them together are electric! But at the same time Alex is level headed throughout everything showing love but ready to back off if she isn't reciprocating. The confrontations with Reena's mother is riveting and true to life. Fantastic. There are other great scenes that are hard to discuss without ruining the fun so check it out.
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