Tollywood...yes spelt with the big T not the big B...here I come!!!! As a spectator of course...although I may just try audition for a back view only role - reckon I will suit the role very well - don't u agree?? :-) Ah huh....Telugu = Tollywood, Hindi = Bollywood...never knew there is a difference in Indian movies until today after I plonked myself to the largest film city in the world - Ramoji Film City.
No need to go anywhere but the Film City to film your whole movie...from village settings to mumbai city landscape to delhi city landscape to south indian city landscape to airport to hospital to church to railway station to european garden to japanese garden to streets in london even to taj mahal, the red fort and the golden temple in amritsar...everything is within a stone throw of each other...forget about long flights...just hop into a 'natural air-conditioned' bus and you are there in a blink of an eye. 
Imagination is very important here...let me stress very important especially when the scene changes every 10 minutes and whatever is it, do NOT do NOT attempt to jump in the buildings unless you want to crash through the plaster. Yeap, everything is made from plaster from Paris...except the chairman Ramoji house which is the REAL thing and the hotels in the film city :-) and everything is dismantable and removable. BTW, I am one happy girl today...got a up-close and personal shot with Charlie Chapin and the famous leg garden and a 15-min trip round the world minus Oz.
Lunch was brilliant - 'thali' at Hotel Sitara...in fact it was so brilliant that I managed a snooze at the hotel lobby while waiting for the bus to come. Roti, naan, paratha - all indian breads but made from different wheat...michelle (I have a flatmate!!!!) and I reckon we can just feed on those for meals with dhaal...yea by far the only Indian dish we are able to eat without any qualms and 'karakan' - an indian sweet decorated with silver paper on top - unless you have a super sweet tooth you may want to give this a pass cos this is like eating sugar by the tablespoon!!!
By and by, I reckon this place provided the best entertainment of the day - Watch the local Indians danced the Indian style in the fountain - not around the tree but in the fountain. So hilarious - this guy started fully clothed and ended up with just his underpants!!!! Gosh...luckily the guard got to him in time if not...
And I even managed to render my service to the help desk!!!
Come 4pm it was too hot to hang around the film city anymore so we decided to check home. Stopped on the way to have chai from Sarvy in the car...heh heh...apparently women are a rarity in that coffee shop so if we go drink there it's going to be one very difficult situation so we got Razzak to get it for us...after all how can we pass on the Number 1 chai place in town!!! <* although we did pray very hard before we drank it cos the cup do look a bit suspicious *>
Tip for the day: When you go Bunnings next time, please lookout for 'Shangrila Seeds'!
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