actor: may land up in the couch for different reasons.
actress: the driving force on the couch .
blockbuster: a wonderful actress usually guarantees it .
behind the scenes: careful, thats where the news agency guys are..
climax: go on, pretend you dont know what that is .
call sheet:given to the actress/filmmaker to know when they are supposed to arrive and where .
camera: the filmmaker should always make sure there isnt one…
anti climax: when theres a news agency involved in what would have been a climax..
cartoon: thats what the filmmaker becomes if he gets caught .
casting: what they do after the couch .
casting couch: the couch used for casting .
chemistry: what the actress is supposed to exhibit on the couch .
costume: usually minimal .
credits: should be given for a good performance .
critic: they dont approve of the casting couch .
cross over: change in position on the couch .
cues: a good actress should always understand them .
debut: the actress’ first couch experience .
dialogue: the actress’ should be enticing, the filmmaker doesnt have any..
director’s cut: when the filmmaker is a director.
documentary: boring activity on the couch .
double take: please see take .
extras: only if the filmmaker insists. with good performances, they might be a threat to the actress.
filmmaker: the guy to please on the couch, most often producer, but could also be director. actor, and yes, even villain .
flashback: a feeling of deja vu for the filmmaker .
flop:a non performer, but the actress to be blamed, never the filmmaker .
frame: thats what the filmmaker claims when he gets caught .
industry: a collection of filmmakers .
in-the-can: the trip to the loo after the couch activity .
lip sync: ideally the actress shouldnt, but refer take .
make up: kiss before doing it .
method acting: when the actress has done it before .
miscast: the filmmaker’s excuse for a flop .
overacting: usually happens when the actress is faking .
plot: what the actress/news agency does to get the filmmaker on the couch .
preview: foreplay before the couch. usually only for big fimmakers .
release: refer climax .
remake: a repeat performance, usually happens due to lack of subject/actress .
screenplay: the activity on the couch .
script: a nitty gritty version of the plot .
slow motion: some filmmakers love doing it that way .
story: every actress has one .
take: you have to,if the filmmaker insists .
word of mouth publicity: what a blockbuster gets .
zoom: only deals with page 3 now, but would be interested in couch activities too..
until next time, Koffee on the Kouch??
Bollywood Dictionary for Dummies
Comments
22 responses to “Bollywood Dictionary for Dummies”
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aww.. this is full of sexual innuendos.
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LOL..boy that was a laugh-riot, thanks for a making this monday bearable 🙂
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lol
enough research has been done I guess.Is this an old post? 🙂
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Nobody gets time off work to do research such as this! Exactly what part of this system are you?
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amita: well, its bollywood 🙂
stone: my pleasure 🙂
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arunima: not exactly… (read the reply below)
inkz: meanie, i am not part of the system!!.. the research took all of 20 minutes, got a glossary from some site, chose the words i could use and voila!! 🙂
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star-struck??;-) again???
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I’d like to add…showbiz= fancy flesh trade
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ROTFLMAO!!! hahahhahahahha!!! hilarious simply hilarious…yeh dil maange more!!
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Was gonna congratulate you on your awesome research skills….and then I read your comment 😡
But it is really hilarious 🙂
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oh!! A big boost to my vocabulary! LOL!!!!
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rapunzel: struck but aint stuck..last of the bollywood plugs.. 🙂
ideasmith: welcome… the way it is right now, have to agree with u. but i aint complaining..:)
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la devil: 🙂
ash: the site i took it from had proper techno jargon… i think the search keyword i used is ‘filmmaking glossary’… finding the list was easy, the tough part was using them in this context..actually didnt have time, otherwise would have liked to do a proper research, but then, that might have spoiled the fun…. 🙂
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wickedly funny;D
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nupur: uh oh… the wrong kinda education..:)
blokes: 🙂
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are you sure youre a techie of some sort? mereko doubt, insider job types.
this one is brilliantly funny.
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Brilliant..but tell me, is the couch a sofa or a loveseat?
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austere: i am a poor underpaid overworked marketing guy…:)
nt: er, mm, considering the stuff they do there, me thinks it would be a couch..
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Laugh riot indeed! How have you been? Been a while..
–Apple
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lol.PHUNNY!!!!
my personal fav is in-da-can.
i was actually in splits…no pun
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