Language: Hindi
Release Year: 2009

Bollywood Hero movie review

The youngsters of Bollywood however are willing to take more risks and have used murderous and mysterious paths in an effort to achieve stardom. What’s more some have even directed their journey to 2050!



Neil Nitin Mukesh: Though he looks like a chocolate boy with luscious brown eyes and rosy lips, legendary singer Mukesh's grandson chose to make a dark debut as Johnny Gaddaar in Sriram Raghavan's tribute to the cinema of the 70s. His suave Gaddaar managed to hold his own and fool stalwarts such as Dharmendra and Vinay Pathak. Neil won critical acclaim, female fans and special awards for the gaddari! Up next is a film with Bips called Freeze and Kabir Khan's next with John and Katrina Kaif.



Rajeev Khandelwal: Time Bomb, Left Right Left and the big break Kahiin Toh Hoga, made Rajasthan's Rajeev Ekta Kapoor's blue eyed boy a TV star. He chose to break away from television into the big bad world of Bollywood with a very unique, solo character movie called Aamir where the brilliant script focused only on him. And Boy, did he excel! Rajeev won a standing ovation for his gritty performance as the protagonist at the premiere of the film and critics and audience cannot stop raving about the film! This boy has some long innings in Bollywood.



Sikandar: Kirron Kher's son assisted the sultans of romance; Adi Chopra on Mohabbatein and SLB on Devdas. But the moc-ha skinned actor chose to win hearts with playing a greedy womanizer in Woodstock Villa. Though the film failed, Sikandar's screen presence, intense eyes and acting got noticed by the right people. Summer 2007 releases this Friday and things sure look bright for this talented actor.



Harman Baweja: Harman dances, talks, walks and looks like Hrithik Roshan but don't blame the poor lad if his parents made him like that! Isn’t it a privilege to look like the Greek God? This year's most hyped debut is a love story yes, but, a risky futuristic one. Whether the risk pays off or not, Harman has already bagged Priyanka Chopra's affection, female fans (thanks to his performance at IIFA) and Ash Gowariker's What's Your Rashee with Priyanka again. Looking like Hrithik sure has its benefits!



Farhan Akhtar: The alarmingly cute award winning director of DCH has worked with superstars Aamir, Hrithik, Saif and SRK in his first 3 films. Now he has chosen to give his heroes some competition with his rocking musical venture Rock On. Insiders say people have loved Farhan's new look and performance in his debut. The immensely talented genY son,


"Bollywood Hero" is a three-part American television miniseries, which airs on the IFC Channel in the United States from August 6-8.

"Bollywood Hero" stars comedian Chris Kattan in the lead role as a man looking for fame in Bollywood. The miniseries also stars Pooja Kumar, Neha Dhupia, Maya Rudolph, Julian Sands, Ali Fazal and Rachna Shah. Making guest appearances include actors Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Coolidge and David Alan Grier.

The show is a musical miniseries about Chris Kattan and his journey to Mumbai to become a leading man in Bollywood. After having some successful runs as a comedian in America yet not getting a lead role in Hollywood, a Bollywood director named Monty (Ali Afzal) offers Kattan a role in a Bollywood film titled "Peculiar Dancing Boy". Chris Kattan accepts the role and denounces that he's leaving Hollywood and flies to Mumbai.

When he arrives, he meets his co-stars - Bollywood starlet Lalima Lakhani (Neha Dhupia) who will play his love interest, and British veteran actor Reg Hunt (Julian Sands) who will play his father. He also meets the film's producer Priya Kapoor (Pooja Kumar), Monty's older sister, who doesn't see Chris as leading man material.

To make matters worse, Chris' friend Maya Rudolph tells him she discovered Chris' dad, Kip, at his house in L.A. and getting into all kinds of trouble. Meanwhile, Chris is getting into trouble of his own as he attempts to make his way through Mumbai. He soon discovers that making it in Bollywood is just as hard and he has to start from scratch.

Dance numbers are choreographed by Longinus Fernandes who is known for the 'Jai Ho' song sequence in "Slumdog Millionaire". All the costumes were made by Oscar-winning costume designer Riyazali Merchant of Slumdog Millionaire.

Singer-songwriter and composer Michael Penn of "Boogie Nights" wrote and produced three original songs for the series.