SCOOP!! & NEWS ‘The King of Bollywood’: Slapstick and satirical27th Sept 2004 14.45 IST By Nitika Desai The King of Bollywood , starring Om Puri and British model Sophie Dahl , is a satirical take on an ageing superstar in Bollywood, who, although well past the prime of his heydays, still believes that he carries the charisma to play hero to the young actresses in films. At the center of the plot is an ageing star KK (Puri) who keeps an entire wardrobe of wigs and gaudy outfits, and sports them unabashedly as a constant reminder to himself (as well as to others) that he is still able to play hero in films. 
KK is surrounded by his loyal and meek secretary Ratty, and an astrologer Guruji, who is always coming up with auspicious dates for movie mahurats and the numerological alterations in names and titles – something so commonplace in present day Bollywood. Sophie Dahl plays Crystal Chaurasia, a 24-year-old, gorgeous NRI documentary filmmaker of partly Indian origin. She came to know about KK when she was just a child when her grandma used to show her the videos from KK’s films at bedtime. Crystal comes to Mumbai from UK to make a documentary on the life and times of KK. ‘The King of Bollywood’ is a finely made spoof on Hindi film industry. The film takes a humorous dig at the way films are made in Bollywood by taking a tongue-in-cheek look at what usually goes on behind the scenes. But the comedy in the movie is very slapstick. At the same time, the film deliberately incorporates some of the clichéd and browbeaten plots that have remained a part of Hindi films for ages. | ALSO READ scoop ~ Kambakkht Ishq – Movie Review ~ Don't call me lucky: Katrina ~ Akshay Kumar plans a film for Michael Jackson? ~ I don't believe in luck: Imran Khan ~ 'Munnabhai Chale Amerika' next year ~ Michael Jackson to be buried in Islamic tradition? ~ When Kareena bounced on Akshay's lap! ~ Akshay introduces Sylvester Stallone to Ayurveda ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Making love with clothes on! ~ Katrina Kaif feeling unsafe! ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Valentines Day, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas CardWeaver.com > Birthday, Holi MOVIES Kambakkht Ishq, New York, Paying Guests, Kal Kissne Dekha, 99, Aa Dekhen Zara, Videsh, Billu Barber, Aloo Chaat, Dev. D, Delhi 6, Jashnn , Love Aaj Kal , Kaminey , Rann MUSIC Love Aaj Kal , Jashnn celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Freida Pinto | Anushka Sharma | Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Dev Patel | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Chitrangada Singh | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Mandira Bedi | Shahana Goswami | Konkona Sen Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Nandana Sen | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | Namitha | Kalki Koechlin | Mahi Gill | Shakeela | Lara Dutta | A R Rahman | Trisha | Shruti Haasan | Neetu Chandra | Shriya Saran | Padma Lakshmi | Emma Watson | Kelly Clarkson | Britney Spears | Anne Hathaway | Anjana Sukhani | Tila Tequila | Soha Ali Khan | Priyamani | Sonal Chauhan | Vaishali Desai | Jackky Bhagnani | Kristen Stewart | Robert Pattinson | Neil Nitin Mukesh | Shiney Ahuja | more... | 
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