Bollywood Bytes

This installment of 'Mid-Heard Hindi' comes compliments of mera boyfriend aur aadhyapak Hindi ko #1 (my boyfriend and #1 Hindi teacher). Yesterday at lunch while constructing completely random sentences in Hindi, here's what happened...

I said: "Main tumhare baal nahin chabaooingi." (I will not bite your hair).
He heard: "Main tumhari maa nahin chabaooingi." (I will not bite your mom).

Disclaimer: For the record, his mom is WONDERFUL person and I would never ever think of biting her, or her hair...
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Check me out in this amazing feature on Bollywood Funk NYC Dance School, which just ran on MTV's hit show "It's On with Alexa Chung" on 11/18/09. Alexa herself found us and wanted to feature us on her show. Thanks, Alexa!!! Can you spot me in the footage? ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuavuAe5i_o
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Saw "Kurbaan" last night to a surprisingly not-so-full house at the Imaginasian Theatre. Out of a 5, I give Kurbaan a  2.5. The movie was a complete serious drama, so any of you song-and-dance-masala fans out there will be disappointed if you go expecting that. Anyhow, terrorism being the main theme of the movie, you know its got to be disturbing. In my opinion, Karan Johar did an impressive attempt at covering such a dark topic, although I felt the movie was a little too long for what it was...
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This is TOO cute, check it out...Little Girl Singing the Indian National Anthem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEDgfv8foiY



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Baccha kya? ;)

Song: Main Tera Dhadkan Teri
Movie: Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYV9G38YKCk&feature=related

I heard: Yeh din tera raatein teri ab baccha (child) kya, ab baccha kya
Actual: Yeh din tera raatein teri ab bacha kya, ab bacha kya

Thanks for correcting me, Ayesha!
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On the set of Kurbaan, April 2009, Central Park

This Friday 11/20 the new movie 'Kurbaan' ("Sacrificed") releases in the U.S., starring Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi and Om Puri. The film was shot in NYC and Philly earlier this year. I was an 'Extra' for a day when they filmed in NYC. We filmed at Central Park on a sunny and warm spring day. The Call-time was like 6:00AM and we got done around 4:00PM. Most Extra work on films just involves a lot of waiting and waiting and patienc...
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