Wednesday, February 18, 2009

"Billu" for "LA Weekly"

Right at the top.

And this, offered as the final, computer-locked answer to the lingering question, "Who is America's top reviewer of Bollywood movies?" (Her review of Billu can be found here, under the movie's working title.)

Meanwhile, the distinguished director of Billu declares Slumdog Millionaire "mediocre and trashy."

"I saw the film with a mixed audience at the Toronto Film festival. The Westerners loved it. All the Indians hated it. The West loves to see us as a wasteland, filled with horror stories of exploitation and degradation. But is that all there's to our beautiful city of Mumbai?"

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