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Bollywood Burn

Director: James Wvinner
Actor: Hemalayaa
Studio: Acacia
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

20 reviews

Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 47
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: ACRDAMP8037D
UPC: 054961803798
EAN: 0054961803798

Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: January 1, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Studio: Acorn Media Release Date: 12/31/2007 Run time: 47 minutes Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Love the Burn! November 24, 2008
This is a great work out. The 15 minute increments make it easy to do as much as you have time for and work up a sweat! Highly recomend it, lots of fun and Himalayaa is so cute!

3 out of 5 stars

Great Idea, Not-So-Great Execution October 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The first thing I notice is Hemalayaa's voice over. I wish I could say that it was likeable, but I find her style of narration rather annoying; something in her intonation and giggling rubs me the wrong way. It's not necessarily in sync with the video and doesn't cue very well; often it's not until she and the other dancers are doing the move that the narration identifies the change.

The workouts themselves are not necessarily well-paced. The workouts go from bouncy dancing to yoga, then back to bouncy dancing. This is also most assuredly NOT low-impact, so it's impossible to recommend for people with joint problems. (It doesn't purport itself to be low-impact, at least, though neither does any preview or packing information present just how non-low-impact it is.) That being said, the workouts also are rather a lot of fun, silly if not sexy, which goes a long way to redeem this particular video.

Overall, I enjoyed this video the few times I did it, but finally had to set it aside when all the hopping got to be too much for me. I can't speak for its Bollywood authenticity, but it can still be a fun addition to the library of someone with excellent knees.

1 out of 5 stars

Fun, is not!! October 9, 2008
I wanted to like this exercise, but sadly, I did not. The problem about it for me is the jumping, it was too much, and not because I have bad knees or anything, it was just not fun at all to be jumping around. I thought this was going to be an entertaining bollywood type of dance. Another thing, afterwards I did not feel any burn, I did sweat a bit, but not burning the next day. I need something more challenging, but overall it was not fun. PS: the voice over was annoying too.

5 out of 5 stars

Another great workout from Hemalayaa August 21, 2008
Another workout which goes fast and leaves you feeling healthily tired. The stretching is integrated with the moves so if you don't like Yoga or stretching, this makes you do it anyway and get the benefit. The impacts on the knee and bare feet are conscientiously minimized by Hemalayaa with admonitions.

Also, this dance tradition is more "earthy" than Western classical ballet in which the goal, noble enough in its own way, is to "leap and pause" like Baryshnikov: to leave the earth. Whereas here you start by touching the earth to ask its blessing, and the result is it doesn't hurt you. It's a mystery.

You learn great moves and gestures with which to amuse your friends notably the "lightbulb" with a really cheesey smile that makes you feel like a film poster.

Also, there's a bloke in this one which provides reassurance to blokes as to whether these are for blokes as well as the hairies, the glamouries...the ladies, that is.

Only problem at this time for me is that this is a 45 minute workout. I track workouts in integer blocks of ten minutes and wonder whether I should round up or down.

1 out of 5 stars

There are much better options July 22, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

Hemalayaa is beautiful to watch and the workouts use a well constructed arch of warm up, burn, cool down. The first time I used this DVD I enjoyed it, broke a sweat, and definitely burned. After that the production problems of the DVD turned me off. In the first section the movements are not in time with the music, making the workout very difficult. Throughout all three sections Hemalayaa's movements are often ahead of or out of synch with her verbal instruction. Other times she is doing something entirely different than the other two people in the video. This last point is a matter of taste, but I felt a little like a vaudevillian Ali Baba during some of the choreographies, or perhaps an Arabian line dancer. The light bulb? Really? Will that give me shapely wrists, 'cause I've been worried mine aren't svelte enough! My biggest problem with this DVD is that it was horrible for my knees. I have reasonable library of DVD workouts and this is the only one that hurts to use. Not the muscle burn you want, but an actual damage to joint type pain. I stopped using it after two weeks.