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Pamela Anderson and Bollywood. Well I did not know about them either.
The Times of India, Thu, 09 Jun 2005 1:36 PM PDT
A bad name! http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1137775.cms
What does Bolly mean?" asks actor Dev Anand. "It's the weirdest and the most contemptuous expression to describe our film industry. At a time, when our film industry is producing some great films, to call it 'Bollywood' is shameful. Even the government refers to us as, Bollywood."

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What does Bolly mean?" asks actor Dev Anand. "It's the weirdest and the most contemptuous expression to describe our film industry. At a time, when our film industry is producing some great films, to call it 'Bollywood' is shameful. Even the government refers to us as, Bollywood."

Even Amitabh Bachchan has a major aversion to the word Bollywood, because he thinks "it is derogatory for the Hindi film industry to be unfavourably compared to Hollywood -- from where the word is derived". And he finds an echo amongst his fraternity. "Are we aping the West and becoming Hollywoodised?" asks actor Rahul Dev. "Why can't we be known as the Indian film industry or just by any other name?"

But is this the tag of destiny? "I think it's too late to change our name. The industry has been labelled as Bollywood," says actress Mahima Chaudhry. "Bollywood is cute and kistch. I don't think Pamela Anderson (the actress admitted she had never heard the term at an award nite in Toronto) has any general awareness. Does she read the newspapers? Whenever I travel, people say: 'Oh, she's a Bollywood actress!'"

Would renaming Bollywood give it a new identity? "I don't think so," says actress Udita Goswami. "We're recognised as Bollywood by the world. In fact, we represent a different culture -- that of different emotions.?" And then, what's in a name? "Would a rose by any other name smell just as sweet," asks producer Akbar Khan. "How does it matter if one calls us Bollywood. " The last word: "Just call us Indian Motion Pictures. Let's have a new identity," says filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar.