Showing posts with label bollywood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bollywood. Show all posts

9.30.2015

ABC confuses Priyanka Chopra with another Indian actress

ABC News apologizes to 'Quantico' star for 'Nightline' segment mistake



File under "You Had One Job." ABC apologized for making a goof this week when it confused Quantico star Priyanka Chopra with another Indian actress in a promo for Nightline. For the record, there is currently only one Indian lead actress on all of network television -- on ABC, for that matter -- and they still got it wrong.

ABC Apologizes for Confusing 'Quantico's' Priyanka Chopra With Another Indian Actress

Chopra was on Nightline to talk about her starring role on Quantico. However, during the introduction to the segment, the show mistakenly showed images of fellow Indian acdtress Yukta Mookhey, who was crowned Miss World in 1999, the year before Chopra won the title. Oops.

The mistake was quickly pointed out on social media:

4.07.2014

Fund This: The Pink Sorrys, An Acid Punk Bollywood Musical

This is the acid punk Bollywood revenge musical we've been waiting for.



I must see this film get made! The Pink Sorrys is described as a highly stylized acid punk Bollywood music about the real gangs of Indian women who enact vigilante justice against rapists. Whaaaaaat. Hell yeah. I honestly don't need any more information than that. The project is winding down the final hours of its Kickstarter campaign, and could use your help to meet its funding goal.

Writer/director team Ben Stoddard and Anam Syed are out to make a bold film that seeks to address the sensitive issue of rape in South Asia in a "stylized, kickass fashion." The Pink Sorrys is a blend of imagery from their favorite gangster films and Bollywod musicals. Watch this video for more details:

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