IS BOLLYWOOD HEADING FOR A PERSONALITY CRISIS?

The biggest Bollywood hit of the year came in the very last week of 2009. The movie is called 3 Idiots.

And that sums up the story of Bollywood's developing psychological crisis. 3 Idiots is a Hindi movie. But the title is half in English, allowing that 3 is written similarly in the two languages.

And it's not only title writers who are confused whether Bollywood is in Bombay or Hollywood. Story writers can no longer set their routine dance-into-love-and marriage stories in India. Bollywood directors are no longer comfortable directing movies on location in India. Bollywood actors are no longer happy to hop and dance around with a crowd of supporters on Bombay streets. They all want to be in Zurich, London or L.A.

If this trend continues Bollywood writers, directors, actors and whole chorus lines may need to be hospitalized and treated. No! Certainly not in Bombay or Mumbai! In Zurich, London or L.A. Provisional Diagnosis: Identity Crisis or Splitting/Cracking-up Personality.
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