Bollywood Looks Up From Its Formula

Bollywood certainly has its formula. The movies typically are “kitschy, megawatt musicals with lavish song-and-dance sequences largely disconnected from the plot. In a three-hour film – it could even be a grisly thriller – there may be as many as 10 songs with leading men and women strutting their stuff in settings as diverse as idyllic mountain meadows and grimy city streets. And every time the music starts, the storyline comes to a halt as the hero and heroine dance in gaudy attires that change with dizzying frequency.” Now some Indian directors are experimenting to change the formula…