La La Land-- which opens Friday in limited release -- is Bengali Archivespoised to steal millions of hearts with a seamless blend of artistry, music and romance that filmmakers consistently strive for. In India, that combination is the go-to recipe for filmmaking, as Hindi-language Bollywood films combine all three in major global blockbusters.
In La La Land,director Damien Chazelle clearly had many influences for this opus, not least of which is old-school movie musicals from Hollywood's golden age, but another possible influence that hasn't received as much coverage is the world of Bollywood. Chazelle mines what Indian filmmakers have used for decades, and in his first attempt strikes that elusive gold.
Any Bollywood fan would recognize plenty of moments from Chazelle's film as pure Bollywood perfection.
Without further ado, let's dive in to a list of all the Bollywood nods in La La Land:
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable The vivacious opening number shows hundreds of Los Angeles commuters making the most of a mundane morning and dancing on top of their stopped cars. Possibly the most famous Bollywood music video in history is "Chaiyya Chaiyya" from the 1998 film Dil Se... (From the Heart), in which Shah Rukh Khan and Malaika Arora Khan (no relation) dance atop a moving train.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Before they meet for real, Mia (Emma Stone) and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) cross paths by mere circumstance -- he even bumps into her and doesn't bother to acknowledge it. But as Bollywood continues to teach millions, any chance encounter could be with the most pivotal person in your life.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable I mean, these are practically the same outfits.
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Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Part of what makes Bollywood and even screen adaptations of Broadway difficult to digest for some audiences is the intermittent favoring of spectacle over reality. Chazelle peppers this into La La Landbut doesn't overdo it -- but where there is a dream sequence, he commits, suspending time, space and even plot to create an escape within an escape.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable This is a tried and true Bollywood tradition; Why talk when you can dance? Why speak words when your movements speak volumes? Mia and Sebastian's first real meeting ends with a walk to their cars, and while they don't say much, they dance plenty.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Sebastian charms Mia by tickling those ivories, a classic trick employed over 20 years ago by one Raj Malhotra (Shah Rukh Khan)to convince a girl that he's more than wayward charm. Khan can't actually play piano, which is why his hands are hidden by camera angles (they're shown once or twice -- consider that a content warning for those sensitive to inauthentic musicianship on film).
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable These never go out of style, from specialized television episodes to Academy Award-winning films, but to add such precise camerawork in with playback music and intricate choreography is painstaking work. Mia and her roommates move unencumbered through their apartment just as Bollywood numbers sometimes blend dance elements with different groups in a song.
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Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable La La Landis in theaters now.
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