10 Insane Bollywood Movies

1. Insane Bollywood Movies

Bollywood movies are nuts. Plain bizarre. And to the untrained westerner watching, one can lead to utter confusion. Just when you least expect it the villain will break into song, all while sword-fighting a chopper with one hand and groping a hottie with the other. The heroes are suave, with a penchant for sunglasses, the heroines are usually drop dead… but they NEVER get it on! Well, not really… and if they do the “intimate moment” is replaced by a blossoming flower, or a train going through a tunnel. Oh, and did we mention it’s mostly all spoken through the power of song? And dance, don’t forget the dance. Bollywood formula = boy loves girl, girl is supposed to marry someone else, boy wins her over. Add to that illicit gazes, some wild midgets dancing, a chorus of beauties singing and the odd extreme (comic) fight scene and you’ve got yourself a blockbuster. Totally insane. While ‘Bollywood’ might strictly refer to movies from Mumbai, the Indian film industry comes with more lunacy than can safely be contained in one city – so we’ve widened our scope. However, to whittle it down to 10 was a toughie, and we fully expect some whining, but well… who cares?

If you want ‘out there’ Indian dancing then this is the movie for you. The plot’s more than a little screwed up: Tania can’t recognize the man she’s been sneaking to dance classes with is actually her quiet, subdued husband…
 How stupid is Tania? It’s like when Lois Lane doesn’t get that the man she’s lusting after (aka Superman) is actually her buddy Clark Kent. Other than that there’s plenty of blinging dance routines, and – as per usual – if you’re wearing sunglasses then you’re cool. Totally Bollywood-tastic!

2. Chupke Chupke

Still mega funny even though it’s over 30 years old now. Shot in 1975, this slapstick Indian comedy is a popular family favorite. Deception, drama, decent dance routines and high pitched singing are the norm in this beloved Bollywood movie. Check out the 70s outfits.

3. 3 Idiots

An odd Bollywood comedy which did rather well for itself. The gist of it is that three (idiotic) room-mates all live together in a well-to-do engineering college and they get up to no good. But the best bit is the inventions. You can watch one of them deliver a baby using a makeshift vacuum, drive a cycle-based horse shaver and use a pedal-driven washing machine – whilst jiggling his arms around and singing along gaily.

4. Hum Aapke Hain Kaun…!

Over the top, lavish, extravagant, and unrestrained. This 1994 remake has got it all. Total Bollywood and just the 14 songs to sit through! It didn’t break the bank to make – but went on to be one of the all time highest grossing Indian films. Which was nice.

5. Pennin Manathai Thottu

It’s not so much the movie as one song from it that makes this entry stand out. “Kalluri Vaanil” became an instant internet hit mainly because of Prabhu Deva’s twinkle toes and wriggly shoulders.

6. Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi is about a woman who head-butts people… sort of. Kiran Bedi is a policewoman who patrols the mean streets of Bangalore and beats up burly villains. All a little far fetched, but loosely based on a true story. Watch this scene and try not to judge her tragic hairstyle: when you use your head as a weapon there’s little time for gel.

6. Janwar (the one from 1965)

Just when you think you’ve seen it all – you stumble across a 60s Bollywood Beatles tribute scene. Highly entertaining – and arguably better than the real thing. Apart from the fact that it’s your bog standard story of love, marriage, inappropriate partners and angry, disapproving fathers with some musical numbers thrown in.

8. Magadheera

This has been described as the Indian version of Die Hard – so basically it’s a cheesy, action-heavy, plotless movie where the main man tries to have a sword fight with a chopper (not that we can remember Bruce Willis ever doing the latter). But – the fight scenes are enough to land this bad-ass creation into my top 10. Watch and learn Bruce.

9. Alluda Majaka

Possibly the best chase scene in any movie EVER! Except for the animal cruelty issue. This 1995 classic from Devi Vara Prasad is a smutty, controversial, mother-in-law bashing delight. It features jumping Jeeps, balls of steel and horse sliding. But, agreed, that does make you cringe a bit. Starring Chiranjeevi as Mr Toyoda, it’s a totally over the top musical action feast. Someone gets married every five minutes (to yet another song) and then they all threaten to burn themselves because of a coconut. Yes, you heard right. It’s got it all.

10. Endhiran (The Robot)

One of India’s most expensive films to date ($32m), starring aging super star Rajinikanth. People go nuts for this guy – even praying to life size cutouts of the man, and his bouffant. If you think of all the most extreme bits of The Matrix, iRobot, Star Wars….err, any other sci-fi, film, and then double it and add some singing… then you’re almost there with how over the top this movie is…

Brandi Glanville: Arrested For DUI!

Brandi Glanville, the scorned and slightly crazy ex-wife of Eddie Cibrian, was busted for DUI early this morning in L.A., according to various reports.
The model has been very critical of Eddie's new girlfriend LeAnn Rimes (their affair broke up the marriage), saying she sucks at parenting and life.
Perhaps she should have looked in the mirror instead ...

Brandi Glanville is in some hot water.

Brandi Glanville was arrested at 12:05 a.m. today by the Beverly Hills PD after she was pulled over on Sunset Blvd. for an unknown traffic violation.
According to law enforcement sources, officers detected the odor of alcohol and Glanville was given a field sobriety test. Obviously, she failed that.
She was then arrested for suspicion of DUI.
Brandi is currently in custody and being held on $5,000 bail. Wonder if Eddie and LeAnn bail her out. Maybe she should dial someone else with her one call.

Why Did Jenna Jameson Quit Porn?

She did it for the kids. Or, rather, she stopped doing it for the kids.
Jenna Jameson, who has not starred in an adult film since Kobe Loves Jenna, told W Magazine in its latest issue that she will no longer get penetrated by men or women on camera. The reason?
“I really don’t think I need to say, ‘Mommy was a porn star,’” Jameson said of explaining her former occupation to Jesse and Journey, her twin sons Tito Ortiz.

Just how far is Jameson taking this new approach? She says she "won't even do a Maxim cover" and added she hopes her children are proud:

“I feel like they’re going to know me and think, Mommy loved us so much that she quit everything and made us her job. And that’s what I did. The moment I decided to have children, I quit."

Jenna now resides with Ortiz - with whom she's had some recent, serious difficulties - in Huntington Beach, California. Of her life these days, the quasi actress concludes:

"I’m a normal girl with all the same worries and insecurities. I just happen to have done porn.”

Tony Parker on Erin Barry "Affair": Sexting Only!

Two new revelations in the week's top celebrity scandal:

1. The Eva Longoria-Tony Parker divorce was in the works at least a week before Eva filed, contrary to the story some people in her camp have spread.
2. Tony denies having sex with Erin Barry.

SEXTING: A portmanteau of sex and texting, first popularized circa 2005; The act of exchanging sexually explicit messages or photos between mobile phones.

Tony admits a "sexting relationship" with Erin, the estranged wife of his former Spurs teammate Brent Barry, but nothing more, and says even that ended months ago.
Parker sources insist, "They never had a physical relationship."
As for Eva's "revenge filing" that supposedly blindsided Tony, new reports suggest that's not true, and that he was aware she would file the papers in Los Angeles.
As for her motivation in doing so, that's still up for debate.
Not only was the Eva Longoria-Tony Parker divorce a foregone conclusion, but it was timed to coincide with the Us Weekly cover story about it. Just bizarre.
As for why Tony and Eva are telling different stories about the divorce, a close friend of Tony's puts it simply: "She was into the whole PR thing. He wasn't."
Eva's people say Tony's story is untrue ... with one source saying they "were still talking about working out the marriage up until the morning she filed."
The long and short of it: Who was planning what and when depend on who you ask, as does whether Tony put it to Erin Barry. But it's definitely over.

Yes, Kim Zolciak is Pregnant!

She tried playing coy for awhile, referring to rumors of her pregnancy as hilarious, but the money is finally right time has finally come for Kim Zolciak to come clean: she's knocked up!
"I was surprised," Zolciak tells the latest issue of Life & Style, referring to the Kroy Biermann-sponsored bun in her oven. "While it wasn't planned, God clearly has a bigger and better plan for us and we're excited."

Zolciak says she was "appalled and disgusted" when ex-girlfriend Tracy Young went public with this news, even claiming Kim had broken up with Kroy and asked Tracy co-raise the child with her.

But now Zolciak - who has two daughters from a previous marriage - is over it. "I'm the happiest I've ever been," she says.

THG Spoiler Corner: What's Next on The Vampire Diaries, Sons of Anarchy and More

A major transformation is coming to a character on The Vampire Diaries, while plans are already underway for a new season of Sons of Anarchy.
Our friends at TV Fanatic have the latest scoops and spoilers on various small screen favorites. Just follow the links below...

Sons of Anarchy spoilers: Viewers learned a key piece of information about Gemma and Clay on the season three finale. When will Jax discover the same?
The Vampire Diaries spoilers: Life is about to change for Tyler. Find out how and why now.
Supernatural spoilers: Death is coming to Supernatural. The character, that is. Perhaps the other meaning, too.
Glee spoilers: Characters will be graduating in 2012, as the show continues to reshuffle its cast every season.
Pretty Little Liars spoilers: This ABC Family hit will return with a kiss, a confession and a surprise.

In Hard Times, Heidi Montag Must Defend Herself

 
GETTING LIMBER: Heidi preps with some yoga. [Photo: Pacific Coast News]

Short on cash to pay for security and worried about the dangers this world may throw at her, Heidi Montag is dedicating all her efforts to self-defense.
“I can’t afford security, so I practice self defense and chain punching,” she tells Radar Online, noting that she's learning martial arts to protect herself.
Although she used to have a posse of bodyguards on hand, as her breasts have ballooned, she and husband Spencer Pratt have fallen on lean times.

“I have spent millions in security in the last four years because I had to take care of the cost myself. It’s crazy and it’s hard, but life is not always fair."
Poor baby, blowing untold sums of money on wholly unnecessary things. Surely her plastic surgery obsession didn't factor into her financial woes at all.
“I've had to change my life. I can’t afford to go to the clubs anymore because the protection I need can cost anywhere from $5,000-$10,000 a night."
"When you travel it’s worst, you need to cover the guards' travel, food' lodging, etc., and pay them. All my money went there, safety is number one.”
Wait ... Heidi Montag requires that much security?
Does anyone care enough to hurt her? Or even know who she is anymore? Oh, the petite blond with the fake chest, nose, ass ... none of those in L.A.

Jodie Sweetin Introduces Beatrix Carlin Coyle!

Jodie Sweetin and Morty Coyle have debuted their child. Born about three months ago now, Beatrix Carlin, a.k.a. Bea Coyle is a cutie, that's for sure.
“She looks like me,” says the Full House alum. “She came out with blonde, fuzzy hair, and when I look at my own baby pictures it’s like she is me!”
Adds  Morty Coyle, “She may have my insides, but all the outside looks like Jodie.”

PARENTHOOD: How Sweet(in) it is ...

Baby Bea was named for her dad’s favorite band, the Beatles, as well as the late comedian George Carlin, and the decision was so easy for both.
“I wanted something feminine, but really unique,” says Sweetin, who also has a daughter Zoie. “Something funky, romantic and old-fashioned.”
Zoie's dad is Sweetin’s ex-husband, Cody Herpin, with whom she went through an ugly split before linking up with Coyle. Glad it all worked out!

Fashion Face-Off: America's Next Top Model Finale Edition!

Ann!

hot buzz

Chelsey!

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"I'm really upset. I feel cheated. I feel like I have the whole package, what it takes to be America's Next Top Model and I don't think Ann does." - Cycle 15 runner-up Chelsey
Are these the misguided, bitter words of a second-place finisher? Or the accurate assessment of the woman who fell to Ann Ward on last night's season finale of this CW competition?
You tell us! We've posted photos below of both the cycle 15 champion and the contestant who clearly felt she wore her Roberto Cavalli better on the finale. Does Chelsey have a compelling case?
It came down to Ann and Chelsey on America's Next Top Model. Who looked

Brittney Jones Sex Tape Photos: Available Now!

In the most shocking news since Alexis Neiers' arrest for heroin possession, Vivid Entertainment has confirmed it will soon release a sex tape starring Brittney Jones, the woman who claims she slept with Ashton Kutcher.
As THG first reported in late September, an ex-boyfriend claims to be behind this footage (and, presumably, Jones). In a press release Vivid Chairman Steven Hirsch said today:
"We’ve acquired the tape and confirmed its authenticity. Brittney is obviously a beautiful young girl who could clearly seduce any man."
Jones, in fact, says she did just that, allegedly banging Kutcher in the very same living room he shares with wife Demi Moore.
The 21-year old has since blabbed to any tabloid that will pay her listen, expounding on her tale and saying the actress was only angry about the affair because she wasn't included in it.
As for what viewers will see on Brittney Jones Confidential, which hits the market on December 14? We've posted a quartet of images from this sex tape. Warning: they are just SO darn hot!!!