Generally speaking, Indians love show tunes.

Hollywood is tone deaf. Meanwhile, Bollywood has more than doubled its exports in the last few years.

Three of the top 10 movies in the United States last year were rated R.

The Bollywood process -- in which a popular American film is "chutneyed" -- basically has three stages: sex scenes are toned down, the schmaltz factor is ramped up, and much singing and dancing is added, sometimes without regard to plot or logic.

Almost 50 percent of Chinese city dwellers regularly visit a Western fast-food restaurant.