Isn’t it from Bombay, where the Indian movie industry is located?
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Going to slink off to bed now.
Yes, the B stands for Bombay, where the main Hindi-language Indian movie industry is located. Often, to outsiders, “Bollywood” encompasses the entire Indian movie industry, though this is not really correct. There are very significant regional movie industries around India. One of the bigger ones in based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh where films are shot in the regional language of Telugu. Over there, they took the name of Bollywood and called it Tollywood – the T standing for Telugu.
However, it does look like this wasn’t actually made by the film industry, and instead by a non-profit organization. But it’s certainly meant to be in the style of a Bollywood/Tollywood flick.
I vote “proud.” That was awesome!
They’re like weird little pointy tele-tubbies!
I was going to say that Tinky Winky forget his murse.
I thought it was cool that the music was credited to Sai Krishna. Is that the deity? And is that customary in music credits, or was the music something traditionally held to be composed by Krishna?
Lots of people are named after deities. So, it’s probably just some musician with Krishna’s name.
Great. Now I have a bollyWoody.
(Though I have to say, based on the movies I’ve seen from this genre, they cut a few corners on the skill level and/or rehearsal time for the dancers…)
That was awesome. It looks pretty low budget compared to your average Bollywood production with the dancing and the choreography wasn’t as intricate as in some Bollywood numbers.
That said, it was pretty smart in terms of a PSA in that they know their audience. The musical number was kinda catchy.
It was kind of long for a PSA. I wonder where it’s shown?
Well, hopefully some condoms will help prevent that in the future. Saves a bundle on the cleanup.
Awesome PSA. Maybe I’ll see it played on the TV at the Indian restaurant I go to. They have TVs with Indian TV shows/movies playing.
No kidding. Look how big the condoms are over there!
(And they say Indian men are less endowed…)
I love how they’re doing the singing and dancing right there in the street with all the normal guys standing there with these “Well, you don’t see THAT every day” looks on their faces, and one of them is kind of grooving to the music.
That was way better than those stupid Trojan Man commercials we have in the U.S.
“I am good natured, and provide satisfaction”
Could be my new sig line…
I can’t watch this video while I’m ‘working’, but the comments are really interesting.
And I could see a lot of the backup dancers smiling like they were just about to burst out laughing. Heck, I would too, if I were in their place…
I like it, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it late at night on US TV, when all the other public service announcements run.
I have used many condoms in my life, of many brands, but I never had one that sang and waved its little arms around. WooHoo!
Bollywood, like Peking duck, Siamese cats, and Pekingese dogs, will probably not become Mullywood, just because we say Mumbai now. 