trailer break: ‘Kites’

Hrithik Roshan is a huge Bollywood star. I've seen a couple of his movies, which look awfully hokey to my Western eyes, but are monster hits in India, like Dhoom 2. If they can curb a substantial amount of the standard-issue Bollywood cheese -- keep the seven-minute dance breaks to a minimum, for starters -- this may have a really solid chance of crossing over. I mean, look at the guy. Even I have to admit, he's pretty dreamy.

I love Bollywood movies so a quick correction, if you don't mind - the perception that people don't kiss in Bollywood movies has not been true for close to a decade. Many a Bollywood movie now features a kiss between the leading couple (even if usually of the chaste and non-French variety). In fact, out of all big-name Bollywood male stars, I can think of only two who haven't kissed anyone on screen and the amount of leading ladies who have not is probably equally small.