BNA INDIA January/February 2015

SPECIAL FEATURE
OM GERMANY
OVE BOLLYWOOD
ywood - We did ask them and here are their answers
* I'm a Bollywood fan since I was 4 years old and
I remember that even my mother already liked
Bollywood in those days. We had only one Bollywood
film on DVD - it was “Kal Ho Naa Ho” and
I always liked the trio Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan
and Shah Rukh Khan, especially in the song “It's
The Time To Disco”. I love Bollywood. My
favourite films are “Om Shanti Om” and” Veer
Zaara”.
Vanessa H. (13), North Rhine-Westphalia
* I watched my first Bollywood movie four years
ago. It was “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham”, which
is repeatedly screened on TV. Normally I always
zapped away from this film, because I don't like
Shah Rukh Khan that much, but this time for
some reasons I stayed and watched it. The reason
was Hrithik Roshan. Since then I'm a huge
Hrithik fan and I guess he's a world class actor
and could easily beat any Hollywood star. My
favourite film is “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara”.
All actors of this film are great. I also love “Kabhi
Khushi Kabhie Gham”, “Guzaarish” and “Om
Shanti Om”. There are so many great Bollywood
films and I can't decide. I'm fascinated by the
romance, drama, comedy, action, music and nice
dances in the films. But I wished that the filmmakers
would think about new own stories instead
of making remakes of Hollywood movies.
Marina O. (45), Schleswig-Holstein
* Since I was 3 years old I'm a Bollywood fan.
I'm from Romania and I remember that there
were always Bollywood films on TV, always
with Romanian subtitles. And since my parents
loved to watch Bollywood films, I obviously also
watched them. In those days there was no colour
TV, so I can't say that I was fascinated by the
colours but by the songs and dances. I started to
imitate the typically Indian mimic and gesture.
When I was 11 years old my family moved to
Germany. We couldn't watch Indian movies anymore
but only Hollywood movies. But then, 10
years ago, my parents made holidays in Dubai
and brought a Bollywood film song DVD for me.
Also films songs with Shah Rukh Khan. A little
bit later I could watch for the first time a Bollywood
film on German TV. It was “Kabhi Khushi
Kabhie Gham”. And in one advertisement in the
commercial break they announced the Temptation
Tour in Dortmund. I knew I need a ticket for
this show, just to see once SRK live on stage
dancing. I loved the show and was overwhelmed.
I started to search on the internet for more info
about that guy whos name I could not speak:
Shah Rukh Khan. I became member of different
Bollywood fan forums and got to know many
other new fans and friends. I attended the film
shooting of Himesh Reshammiya in Cologne,
went to many Bollywood dance parties and even
travelled to London to get Saris and Salwar
Kameezes in South Hall. You see, I'm really a
huge Bollywood fan and live it. Even the ringtone
on my mobile is a Bollywood song. One of
my favourite movies is “Devdas”. But my biggest
dream is to meet Shah Rukh Khan personally
and to dance with him together on stage. Only
once...that would be great.
Karla S. (47), North Rhine-Westphalia
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