The Economic Times of India is reporting that the Indian film industry is facing a formidable challenger in the form of Hollywood's latest '09 releases, including "Changeling," "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Seven Pounds." Bollywood usually has the upper-hand versus Hollywood, says the article, but this week there were no Hindi releases.
The Times goes on to say that January 9 will see the release of some low budget Hindi movies like "Bad Luck Govind," "Horn Ok Pleassss," "Kaashh...Mere Hot," "42 Kms," and "The President is Coming." Anticipation will no doubt boil over into a duke-it-out film fight on January 16 when "Changeling" (starring Angelina Jolie) is released along with Akshay Kumar's awaited "Chandni Chowk to China" (starring Deepika Padukone).
The article goes on to list buzzing 2009 Hollywood releases: "Frost/Nixon" (February), "Watchmen" (March), "Gran Torino" (March), "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince," "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," "Star Trek 11," "Fast and Furious 4," "Ice Age: Dawn of Dinosaurs," and "Public Enemies" (starring Johnny Depp).
And their Bollywood competitors:
Vishal Bharadwaj's "Kaminay" (March), "Shortcut: The Con Is On" (starring Amrita Rao), "Anurag Kashyap's "Gullal" (March), "Pathshala" (starring Shahid Kapur), Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor's "Kambakkht Ishq," Aamir Khan's "Delhi Belly," Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's "Delhi-6," Kabir Khan's "New York and "My Name is Khan" (starring Shah Rukh Khan).
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