Disney+India="Roadside Romeo"
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furtechJust heard an interesting piece on the news about how seriously Disney is taking the Indian market (3 out of ten kids in the world are Indian!). Their first collaboration is a CG animated feature titled, " Roadside Romeo ".
The story:
A rich, cool, spoiled brat of a dog is abandoned on the wicked streets of Mumbai. He faces new situations and dangerous, loony characters, the likes of which he has never met before.
The promo trailers are pretty funny-- especially if you know Bollywood: Romeo does impersonations of India's cliche' male stars.
You can bet there's a built-in fandom for these characters already! The female co-star (played by Kareena Kapoor) .... well, you figure it out:
Laila's video
The story:
A rich, cool, spoiled brat of a dog is abandoned on the wicked streets of Mumbai. He faces new situations and dangerous, loony characters, the likes of which he has never met before.
The promo trailers are pretty funny-- especially if you know Bollywood: Romeo does impersonations of India's cliche' male stars.
You can bet there's a built-in fandom for these characters already! The female co-star (played by Kareena Kapoor) .... well, you figure it out:
Laila's video 
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Date: 2008-05-16 09:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-16 09:37 pm (UTC)India is a crazy country, language wise. A friend of mine is from Bangalore, and when she goes to Mumbai, she communicates in English as she doesn;t speak the local language. English is the widespread second language for most Indians, as there are so many regional languages (completely different, not just minor variations) they need something universal