December
3 Bollywood makes a silk purse from Adam Sandler's tin ear

Nirpal Dhaliwal says that Bollywood has adapted the concept behind the generally reviled Adam Sandler comedy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" into "a terrific movie - the best and funniest Bollywood film I've seen in a very long time." Set in Miami, the film is "Dostana"  ("Friendship"), in which nurse Sameer and photographer Kunal pose as a couple in order to rent an apartment from an old woman who won't let straight men live with her beautiful niece.

Writes Dhaliwal, "It's a film that only Bollywood could pull off. Much of the comedy value is provided by the fact that everyone is Indian. The wailing hysterics of Sameer's Punjabi mother give way to love for her son's sweetheart, making for a very funny scene in which she performs Hindu marital rites on Kunal. Ushering the new bride into her family by marking his head with a tilak and placing a bowl of rice at his feet, Kunal tips it over the threshold with relish, delighted to convince Seema of her son's homosexuality as Sameer watches, grinding his teeth in the background." [Guardian]