Bollywood or Bust
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The title is clearly a homage to the famous film [[Hollywood or Bust]] (also the name of a Bruce Forsyth show). | The title is clearly a homage to the famous film [[Hollywood or Bust]] (also the name of a Bruce Forsyth show). | ||
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+ | <div class="image">[[File:Bollywoodorbust series3.jpg|400px]]''Finalists (l-r) Mehdi Hasan, Rajesh Bedi, Mo Dutta (host/presenter), Preeti Mehta and Ashima Mathur in the final of 'Bollywood or Bust'.''</div> | ||
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+ | <div class="image">[[File:Bollywoodorbust series1.jpg|400px]]''Mo (Mohit) Dutta, presenter/host of 'Bollywood or Bust'''</div> | ||
[[Category:Themed Quiz]] | [[Category:Themed Quiz]] | ||
[[Category:Film]] | [[Category:Film]] | ||
[[Category:Asia]] | [[Category:Asia]] |
Revision as of 02:18, 16 August 2018
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Host
Mo Dutta (1994-5)
Sanjeev Bhaskar (1996)
Broadcast
BBC2, 1 January 1994 to 18 December 1996 (29 episodes in 4 series)
Synopsis
Saturday morning staple for BBC2's weekly Asian strand.
It's a standard quiz about Indian films and the Bollywood film industry. Four contestants in each episode, progressing to a semi-final and then a final with the hope of getting to visit the Bollywood film stages for real. There were also celebrity and children's editions.
Fairly standard rounds, but each round was introduced by a fairly dramatic piece of Indian film music and each round was named in Hindi and English. Nice touches.
Trivia
The title is clearly a homage to the famous film Hollywood or Bust (also the name of a Bruce Forsyth show).
Pictures
Finalists (l-r) Mehdi Hasan, Rajesh Bedi, Mo Dutta (host/presenter), Preeti Mehta and Ashima Mathur in the final of 'Bollywood or Bust'.