You know you are Addicted To Bollywood when...
- Added by webchilly, November 13, 2008 at 2:09am.
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Top 10 Reasons You know you are Addicted To Bollywood:
- You've stopped feeling guilty about your cheeseburger containing cheese and starting feeling guilty because it contains cow.)6 up, 3 down
- Men: You look at the covers of magazines at the checkstand and start fantasizing about Halle Berry with 20 more pounds on her. Extra points awarded if you mentally rate Calista Flockhart "Two Woofs on the Dog-o-meter".5 up, 2 down
- A friend (punjabi) drops by and says 'my mum would really like your drapes / sofa throw / shower curtain'.5 up, 2 down
- A friend (english) drops by and says 'isn't your taste moving in a kitsch direction'.4 up, 1 down
- You realize you can sing along to certain songs, phonetically, without actually knowing hindi -- and you try to sing both the man and woman's parts in different voices. And then you realize the person in the car next to you is staring.5 up, 2 down
- You come home from a party at 2am and watch KKHH.4 up, 1 down
- Daler Mehndi music videos make sense, even Tunak Tunak Tun.5 up, 3 down
- You read an article about a local cancer researcher, Dr. Patel, who looks a lot like Jimmy Shergill. When it gets to the life outside of work part, you discover he's single. Your very first thought is, "Wow, a Suitable Boy for Parul in Marketing!!!&q5 up, 3 down
- You read an article about the Oscars or Golden Globes and realize you haven't seen any of the films (except the Indian entry) and don't really care about who gets what award.5 up, 3 down
- When you try to fit nine to twelve hours of movie time into one day.4 up, 2 down
More about "addicted to bollywood"
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the Indian film industry.[1] Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest in the world.[+] Post a Comment | toggle meta
More reasons You know you are Addicted To Bollywood
- You spend way too much time wondering whether Aamir wears lifts.4 up, 2 down
- You keep saying 'hah' instead of 'yes'4 up, 2 down
- You go to a Hindi movie with your 9-year-old daughter, niece, etc. and there's no subtitles. You explain the plot and some of the dialogue to her as the film goes along, even though you don't speak Hindi. At the interval, I mean intermission, the Tamil wo4 up, 2 down
- Your local grocer starts chatting to you in Hindi.4 up, 2 down
- You recognize family members' characteristics in some of the supporting players roles. Especially your cousin Sarah, who seems to be a lot of the sisters-in-law. And isn't it remarkable how Johnny Lever seems just like your Uncle Saul?5 up, 4 down
- You begin to believe that if Shahrukh sang, he really would sound like Udit Narayan.3 up, 2 down
- The store owner says, "You watch more Hindi films than I do...is this a good movie?"3 up, 2 down
- You drop your cable subscription4 up, 3 down
- The owner of the video/grocery store starts asking YOU which films he should carry.4 up, 3 down
- Engineers: Half of the women in the office wear salwar kameez and you think nothing of it. Men: Extra points if you don't flirt with the single one that looks like Kajol in the next cube because, after all, she's a decent girl...3 up, 2 down
- When you tell your friends your dream guy is like the main character in "Itihaas History of Love."3 up, 2 down
- You do the little head-bobble when you get excited4 up, 3 down
- You're watching TV and the romantic couple embrace at the end and you say, "OMIGOD! He kissed her RIGHT ON THE LIPS!! EEEUUUUWWWW!" and flip over to The Weather Channel out of sheer revulsion.4 up, 4 down
- You think that Harrison Ford would be a really decent actor if he learned to dance.3 up, 3 down
- While sitting on the bus telling a non-Indian friend about the Hindi movies you own, the row of desis sitting behind you ask if they can rent from you (true story).3 up, 3 down
- The owner of the local Indian cinema emails you two weeks beforehand to let you know when advance tickets for the opening night of "Kaante" will go on sale. Just like he did for "Road" and "Devdas" and "Shakti" and3 up, 3 down
- You rent four DVDs and the indian woman behind the counter says, 'so i'll see you the day after tomorrow, then?'3 up, 3 down
- You can genuinely no longer understand why anyone would protest that the female singers' voices are too "squeaky."3 up, 3 down
- You decide 4 a.m. is a perfectly acceptable time to go to bed on a Tuesday.3 up, 3 down
- You go on a road trip with some friends in your car. They pull out your CD collection of soundtracks and ask you politely whether you have some other kind of music. Without a pause, you tell them you have some Malkit Singh the Bhangra King in the back of3 up, 4 down
- You've enabled the closed-captioning on your TV because things just don't seem right without subtitles.4 up, 5 down
- You go to Green Street, East Ham (vibrant Pakistani + Bengali part of east London) and catch yourself eyeing the young mens' noses, comparing them for loveliness against the standard of Shah Rukh's.2 up, 3 down
- When you are in the store and say to the owner, "I have the original Tamil DVD of this movie, if you'd like to borrow it."2 up, 3 down
- The non-BW film ends after an hour and a half and you say,'what? we're just getting warmed up!'3 up, 4 down
- Your favourite earrings are a pair of big silver hoops, and you wear your longish hair in a middle parting (who knows if a hero might inadvertently want to adorn you with sindoor, right?).3 up, 4 down
- Women: You look at the covers of magazines at the checkstand and think "pathetic little fancy-lad" when you see Leonardo DiCaprio. Extra points awarded if you wonder what "Friends" would be like with attractive and likeable characters,2 up, 3 down
- And finally...2 up, 4 down
- When you find it refreshing to watch a movie in English.3 up, 5 down
- A friend tells you they saw the two towers last night and you have no idea what they're talking about.3 up, 5 down
- You sing to your cats in Hindi.2 up, 4 down
- When you listen to your favorite soundtrack, and know where each song was sung in the film.2 up, 5 down
- You start to find wisecracks about the sudden costume- and location-changes in the dance numbers not only irritating, but downright juvenile.1 up, 5 down
- Leonardo who?1 up, 5 down
