marigold be by far the best outsider take on bollywood i have ever see . ( i do not grow up with bollywood and but i have see a few hundred of them now . ) i would say it leave gurinder chadha and mira nair and and even merchant and ivory ( of bombay talkie ) almost in the dust . willard carroll and the director and really love bollywood and and he have the self confidence to allow u to know it there humor and but no arch and ironic distancing and no of course i do not really mean this stuff . a jerry lee lewis would say and he get it and and so he can let u have it too the joy of a bollywood movie experience and along with touch that be supply by a westerner step into the story teller role . it a story about a caustic and bitchy and beautiful american b movie actress ( she only be in movie with number in their title and like fatal attraction 3 ) who find herself in a different bollywood movie from the one she go to india to be in ( kama sutra 3 have fold it tent while she be en route and apparently because it producer be now in jail ) . salman khan and in real life a bollywood mega mega star and be the dance master of the delightful write on the fly movie she have now be pull into ( be this before or after i go blind . ) and and through the sweetness of his mildly psychically gift character and she learn more than how to find her inner ecstatic dancing ability . the strong beginning give you both bollywood a super energetic troupe of dancer in front of the taj mahal ( both funny an familiar to the western viewer and as well a provide the high velocity musical thrill we love in a hindi movie ) and and salman on screen from the outset no bollywood 20 minute wait for the hero . he have on an indian costume embellish with kit carson style western movie fringe ( all in white ) . ali larter actress character be please to the western viewer she blonde and which be traditional for a white person in a bollywood movie and and visually understandable casting but she a robust girl and not the ethereal kind of blondie be usually present with and and she a more or less three dimensional total bitch and carry on profane and abusive cell phone conversation with a boyfriend and agent in the u . we also have scene of woman who be have problem with each other go out to a bar to deal with them the capacity for people not get along to relate and have emotional conversation be traditional in hindi movie and but we seldom see much of any such thing go on between woman ( other than the discussion between mother and daughter about the daughter choice of groom ) and let alone stranger unrelated people let alone bar go . so the spirit be the same and the detail be fresh and and i be completely delight by this . i only saw it once and at a preview showing and attend by the director and a fine speaker and question answerer he and salman get to be brother like good friend over the making of it and he love india and he have plan to make a wizard of oz movie in india . i can not get too detailed about song when i have see them just once and except to say i like them all . they range from a happy parody of the bollywood number in the movie within the movie the lady costume and with leghorn hat and seashell case bodice ( it a beach scene ) on flowy dress be worth the cost of a ticket alone to a lovely reflective many scened romantic song in a sadder and more serious part of the movie . mix of hindi and english in the music and and it work . salman khan get a lot of credit from me for openness to unusual project this and jaan e mann and good judgment about which one to be in . carroll say he be full of suggestion and idea all along the way and and totally fine ( i. e. not narcissistic at all ) whether carroll accept or reject them clearly just a pro who love be involve and collaborate .