On Thu, 31 Dec 2015, 3:32 PM Dave Long <dave.l...@bluewin.ch> wrote: > A while ago, I ran into a russian flick (billing itself as the first > "karaoke comedy") which was being advertised by gathering villagers > to sing the hit songs included in the production: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raE2iLMPbaQ > Judging from the following poster, they're clearly paying homage to > Bollywood: > http://cs7011.vk.me/v7011244/13612/Uc31a97yuxk.jpg
FWIW, the Hindi text on the poster is legit. Though they seem to have used some software that doesn't support indic Unicode very well. > (no points for guessing who is the item girl and who the heroine) > Let me guess. Olga is the item girl and Julia is the bride to bring home to mama? > Any silklisters know if there has actually been a .in release, or was > this meant as a fun poster for .ru? > (I'm guessing the latter, as the main text is still cyrillic) > Like Suresh said, there is a long tradition of cultural exchange between Russia and India. While the art house film exchange has been bidirectional, in popular cinema the flow has been from India to Russia. I cannot think of a single popular Russian film that was big in India. Thaths > -Dave > > >
