Bollywood Beats

Bollywood Beats
Bollywood Beats
	Lilette Dubey; Pooja Kumar; Sarita Joshi; Mansi Patel; Mehul Shah
Cinematography	Roger Lindley
Edited by	Kuldeep Dhyani
Music by	Indraneel Hariharan
Distributed by	Breaking Glass Pictures; Kinetik Films, LLC
Release date	2009;
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Bollywood Beats is a 2009

Bollywood-inspired dance film written and directed by Mehul Shah. It was produced by Kinetik Films and distributed by Breaking Glass Films

.

Plot

Raj (

Lilette Dubey

), a sexy Indian woman, who suggests for him to teach her and a group of Indian women dance.

While unsuccessful at the start, Raj's class grows with Vincent, (Mehul Shah), a gay teen who wants to dance regardless of what his father thinks, Laxmi, (Pooja Kumar), a South Indian woman new to this country and friendless, Puja, (Mansi Patel) an unenthusiastic high school student, who is being dragged by her grandmother, Vina (Sarita Joshi).

Through it all, the group manages to find family, love, and acceptance where they least expected to.

Cast

Sachin Bhatt as Raj
Lilette Dubey
as Jyoti
Pooja Kumar as Laxmi
Mansi Patel as Puja
Mehul Shah as Vincent
Namrata Nagraj as Payal
Ramesh Chandiramani as Ramesh
Aarti Chandiramani as Kirti
Farah White as Elizabeth
Nishendu Vasavada as Manoj
Asif Taj as Ram
Sarita Joshi as Vina

Release

Bollywood Beats travelled internationally to various film festivals, including the Mumbai International Festival, the St. Louis International Film Festival, The Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival, Tongues on Fire International Film Festival in London, AFI Film Festival in Dallas, and the Asian Festival of First Films in Singapore.

It is currently being distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures domestically and internationally. The film can be seen on

OUTtv

in Canada.

Film Festivals

2009 Mumbai International Film Festival-Official Selection
2009 AFI Dallas-Official Selection
540 Film Festival in Fayetville, AR-Official Selection
2009 St. Louis International Film Festival-Official Selection
2009 Mahindra Indo-American Film Council Film Festival, New York-Official Selection
2010 Tongues on Fire Film Festival, London-Official Selection
2010 Asian Festival of First Films, Singapore-Official Selection (Best Screenplay Nominee)
2015 Whistler Pride Film Festival, Whistler, Canada
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Soundtrack

The soundtrack has music featuring the Indian hip hop group The Bilz ft. Kashif with the tracks "Turn the Music Up," and "Two-Step Bhangra." It also features tracks from London-based Punjabi rapper

Bollywood Tunes such as "O Haseena Zulfowali", "Dum Maro Dum", "Jawani Janeman", "Say Na Say Na", and the title track "Dance all Night" by Indraneel Hariharan and Siddhant Bhatia.^[4]

References

^ Bollywood Beats plays at the AFI Dallas Film Festival
^ Bollywood Beats plays at the Tongues on Fire film festival in London
^ "Events Whistler Pride and Ski Festival". Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
^ "O Haseena Zulfon Wali Song". saregama. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

External links

Official website
Bollywood Beats at
IMDb

[1] Bollywood Beats plays at the AFI Dallas Film Festival

[2] Bollywood Beats plays at the Tongues on Fire film festival in London

[3] "Events Whistler Pride and Ski Festival". Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.

[4] "O Haseena Zulfon Wali Song". saregama. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

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