Bolly Volley Volume 10

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Bolly Volley
*A monthly shower of Bollywood previews, reviews and my unsolicited views *
Volume 10, By Arup Raha, Sunday 3-Jun-2012
This edition of Bolly Volley has taken a little longer than usual. The joy of being lazy may have to do something with this delay, or perhaps it was just the pretense of being busy that stopped me from typing these words. This was a period when there was more Bollywood action to be seen in the IPL stadiums than in the cinemas.
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