Best of the Best: A College Comedy Gets a Bollywood Twist
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Netflix has a new movie called Best of the Best.
It is a comedy about college life.
The movie also has Bollywood-style dancing.
Bollywood is the name for Indian movies made in Mumbai.
The director is Lena Khan.
A director is the person who makes a movie.
The movie has actors Janina Gavankar, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Chaneil Kular.
Hasan Minhaj also works on the movie.
Lena Khan wanted the movie to mix two styles.
She wanted a normal college comedy story.
She also wanted fun Bollywood dance scenes.
This mix is called a fusion.
A fusion means two different things joined together.
Lena Khan told Maitreyi Ramakrishnan to act with strong energy.
She wanted her to have 'Channing Tatum energy.'
Channing Tatum is a famous actor known for dance movies.
The new movie will be on Netflix soon.
Vocabulary15 words
- comedy
- a funny movie or story
- director
- the person who leads how a movie is made
- fusion
- mixing two different things together
- Bollywood
- movies made in India, often with singing and dancing
- energy
- strong feeling or power in how someone acts
- trailer
- a short video that shows parts of a movie
- starrer
- a movie that has a certain actor in the main part
- review
- someone's opinion about a movie
- formula
- a usual way of making something, like a movie
- actor
- a person who plays a character in a movie
- scene
- one part of a movie
- style
- a certain way of doing something
- mix
- to put different things together
- makeover
- a big change to how something looks
- college
- a school people go to after high school
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1. A college comedy with Bollywood dance 2. Lena Khan 3. True
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Netflix has a new movie called _____.
It is a _____ about college life.
The movie also has Bollywood-style _____.
The _____ is Lena Khan.
The movie has actors Janina Gavankar, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and _____ Kular.
Hasan Minhaj also works on the _____.
Lena Khan wanted the movie to mix two _____.
This mix is called a _____.
Lena Khan told Maitreyi Ramakrishnan to act with strong _____.
Channing Tatum is a famous actor known for _____ movies.
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