John_Barber Posted March 4, 2007 Posted March 4, 2007 This is fun, spotting all the locations, but they have taken one or two liberties. One car scene there are the two characters in two cars driving west along what looks like the Great Ocean Road. One car overtakes the other, turns a bend and voila, she's driving through Elwood and he's still near Anglesea!
Timmy Downawell Posted March 4, 2007 Posted March 4, 2007 When I was in India a couple of years ago, I spotted a movie on local TV that was shot in New Zealand. I was just surfing through the channels and thought "wow, that looks like NZ" and sure enough it was shot on campus at either Lincoln or Otago University (can't remember now). Still, was funny to see, especially when actually being in India. And yeah, it was a full Bollywood number.
John_Barber Posted March 4, 2007 Author Posted March 4, 2007 When I was in India a couple of years ago, I spotted a movie on local TV that was shot in New Zealand. I .... thought "wow, that looks like NZ" ... Still, was funny to see, especially when actually being in India. And yeah, it was a full Bollywood number. Yeah this has got the interminably long song and dance routines which are so cheesy, but the production values are very high, the film quality is excellent even though the geographic continuity is taking huge liberties. The main couple live in a house which is located at Anglesea, yet when they walk down to the beach they are all of a sudden at St. Kilda beach (and Bass Strait has turned into Port Phillip Bay!) But, the Victorian tourism authorities could not have asked for a better advertisement for the place. It looks absolutely stunning. And then when she goes into labour, on a pier at Williamstown (west side of the city), they jump in the car and drive to the Casey hospital, (outer eastern suburbs)!!
Timmy Downawell Posted March 5, 2007 Posted March 5, 2007 And then when she goes into labour, on a pier at Williamstown (west side of the city), they jump in the car and drive to the Casey hospital, (outer eastern suburbs)!! I'm sure a billion Indians won't know the difference.
BribieG Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 Saw a program about bollywood a few months ago, and this is the big trend, they shoot movies in Scotland, France etc, because, to the Indians this is 'exotic'! My old dad used to say 'forget about the mysterious east, in many ways we live in the "mysterious west" and we are absolutely fascinating and interesting to asian people who think of their own lives as boring and tedious'. Actually they did a Jackie Chan movie in Brisbane in Chinatown!! (nothing to do with Bris being mysterious, more to do with proximity of the Gold Coast Studios!)
Thudd1503560234 Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 Was this the movie that had a couple trying to rent a house from an Indian guy doing a turn as a Crocodile Dundee type character?
John_Barber Posted March 10, 2007 Author Posted March 10, 2007 Was this the movie that had a couple trying to rent a house from an Indian guy doing a turn as a Crocodile Dundee type character? Yep, that's the one. Those Indians do have a sense of humour! Actually they did a Jackie Chan movie in Brisbane in Chinatown!! (nothing to do with Bris being mysterious, more to do with proximity of the Gold Coast Studios!) Jackie Chan did one in Melbourne quite a few years back, Chinatown (Little Bourke was all shut off) and another time several years ago I was walking down the east end of Flinders street and there was a small Bollywood crew shooting some scenes near a theatre. JB
conphi Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 Those Indians do have a sense of humour! Being married to an Indian girl from Fiji for nearly 18 years has given me a certain perspective on Bollywood movies. I find them annoying, the abundance of songs with silly backdrops & multiple changes of clothes tedious. The girls are beautiful, the men handsome but the level of reality... hmm... There are exceptions, very very few in Bollywood but Arthouse Cinema in India has thrown up a few world standard gems. To give Bollywood some credit we musn't forget that song & dance is intrinsic in Indian culture. The movies are a throwback to when musicals dominated Hollywood back in the '50s with stars of thousands. I do admit I do like some of India's actors; Om Puri, Amrish Puri, Shabana Azmi, etc. Production values have changed over the years, film stock, audio (particularly poor), cinematography have improved. "Salaam Namaste" (I saw a little the other night) was the first movie I saw with the use of stedicam, I mean, first I've seen! Regards Phil C.
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