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Ever heard of the Bollywood Awards? New Yorkers are just now learning what Bollywood is all about.”Glamorous
stars, big production members, it’s the Bollywood Awards. That’s right. Bollywood, India’s answer to Hollywood,
only bigger, with 800 movies every year-with all the trappings of Oscar night. Past Bollywood Awards have drawn
the likes of Michael Jackson, Ismail Merchant and the aforementioned Webber, who hatched his idea for ‘Bombay
Dreams’ after being inspired by Dandona’s first awards show.
About 15,000 of them had converged on Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale on last Saturday for the Bollywood Awards
2007…eager to see their favorite film stars perform and take home accolades. The three-hour gala combined the
usual flash, fashion and pageantry with eye-popping performances from stars who rang bells from Jackson Heights to
Jersey City.
Most of the stars had flown through 11 time zones to be at Bollywood Awards (and to pick up checks ranging from
$10,000 to $70,000). Their Indo-American fans, many gorgeously dressed in turbans or silk saris, had come to bond
with their homeland s most popular art form. ‘Every South Asian grows up with some kind of connection to
Bollywood," notes Indian writer (and Brooklyn resident) Suketu Mehta. ‘In certain ways, it s what unites us.’
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