Mix a good-sized dollop of Pretty Woman with some sparkling song-and-dance routines and the result is a light-hearted romp that reinvents the tried and true Bollywood recipe.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 31, 2021

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

The film oozes chutzpah, but regrettably the dance scenes don't match the sparkle of the performances. A pleasing romp, nevertheless -- both studio systems should feel proud.

| Jun 24, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 13, 2005

Mehta manages to make her film not only palatable, but a real pleaser.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 12, 2004

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 4, 2004

Does precisely what Bollywood movies should do: It engages us with its joyousness and silliness and its unflagging commitment to surface attractions.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Dec 12, 2003

A contrived contraption, with more than a hint of desperation in its clueless anxiousness to be an audience winner along the lines of My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

| Nov 29, 2003

While the musical numbers that season "Bollywood" are brimming with color and enthusiasm, they're not exactly overflowing with technical competence.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 20, 2003

What starts as an examination of the common cliches of Hollywood and Bollywood ends up being condescending to both.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 5, 2003

When the music stops, so does the magic. The film loses its footing with flat deliveries of dialogue from most of the cast.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 31, 2003

Clearly designed to appeal to fans of both the Indian and American houses of filmmaking. Unfortunately, it's so inept that it may appeal to neither.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 31, 2003

An escort gets paid to play the part of the rich guy's girlfriend - it's Bollywood's answer to Pretty Woman... Is Bollywood/Hollywood jolly-good fun? Almost.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2003

Though neither big nor slick, it's a joyful, feel-good spoof that makes you want to run out and rent a real Bollywood musical.

| Original Score: C+ | Oct 9, 2003

Bollywood/Hollywood, like this spring's slightly better cultural hodgepodge The Guru, simply offers no compelling reason to fork over your movie dollars.

Full Review | Oct 8, 2003

A musical comedy that's mirthless and barely musical.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 3, 2003

Less a pastiche of the cinematic conventions of both 'woods than it is My Big Fat Greek Wedding in a sari.

Full Review | Oct 3, 2003

Mehta's delight with her own in-joke, as well as her attractive, energetic cast, will prove infectious to those audiences who find themselves sharing the director's frivolous frame of mind.

| Oct 3, 2003

The movie is lazily conceived, refusing to offer a single developed character or scene.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 3, 2003

Mehta can't decide whether she's making a spoof of Indian cinema or a straightforward romantic comedy.

| Original Score: C | Oct 3, 2003